Susan Swidnicki
CHILDREN'S CHOIR DIRECTOR
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Susan Swidnicki has been blessed to serve as the director of music for children and teens at Zion Lutheran since 1999. She has loved walking alongside children as they grow as musicians, as creative beings, and in their spiritual journeys. She also leads Zion’s annual Vacation Bible School Music Camp with an emphasis on the highest quality teaching paired with a joyful camp where a diverse group of children and teens can come together as a Christ-centered spiritual community.

Susan holds degrees in music performance from both St. Louis Conservatory of Music and the University of Utah. She holds full Orff certification from the University of Kentucky and Kodaly certification from Seattle Pacific University.

She has completed the Smithsonian Multicultural Pedagogy course at the University of Washington. Susan is the music teacher for the McCarthey campus of Rowland Hall. She has had an extensive performing career as an oboist and was principal oboist for Ballet West, as well as an extra oboist with the Utah Symphony for many years.