Music Director
Susan Swaney, Music Director
Susan Swaney has been music director of the UU Church since 1992. Since then, the choir has grown to over 60 members, has performed major works such as Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Malcolm Dalglish’s Hymnody of Earth, and has commissioned and performed new works by composers Lauren Bernofsky, Cary Boyce, Malcolm Dalglish, Mary Goetze, and many others. Swaney is also Artistic Director of Voces Novae chamber choir, which creates thought-provoking and multi-faceted thematic programs. She teaches as an adjunct professor in the IU Jacobs School of Music Choral Conducting department and in the Theatre Department’s BFA program. She was music director for the IU Theatre production of Pirates of Penzance and the IU Ballet’s production of Twyla Tharp’s "Sweet Fields." She was also director of the Indiana University Children’s Choir program for three years and visiting guest director of the International Vocal Ensemble. Susan holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music History and Violin from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance and a doctorate in Choral Conducting from Indiana University. Her singing credits include lead soprano roles in Candide, Ghosts of Versailles, Nixon in China, and Les Noces at IU, and tours with Aguava New Music Studio to Israel, Mexico, the New York Microtonal Festival, and the Library of Congress. She recently played the role of Florence Foster Jenkins in the play Souvenir with the Cardinal Stage Company.
