Dr. Susan Brumfield is Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University, and Artistic Director of The West Texas Children’s Chorus. She holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Brumfield is known for her work as a teacher, author, composer and conductor. In frequent demand as a commissioned composer, clinician and guest conductor, Dr. Brumfield conducted the 2018 ACDA Eastern Division Children’s Honor Choir, and in 2019 joined the artistic staff of the Pacific International Choral Festival. An internationally recognized expert in the Kodály approach, Dr. Brumfield is the author of First, We Sing! Kodály-Inspired Teaching in the Music Classroom, a series of textbooks and song anthologies published by Hal Leonard Music. Dr. Brumfield’s other publications include Hot Peas and Barley-O: Children’s Songs and Games from Scotland, Over the Garden Wall: Children’s Songs and Games from England, and Kentucky Mother Goose, co-authored with American folk legend Jean Ritchie She is currently working on Giro Giro Tondo: Children’s Songs and Games from Italy. Dr. Brumfield is a contributing author for Music Express Magazine and McGraw Hill’s Music Studio.
Dr. Brumfield was honored in both 2012 and 2014 with the Texas Tech University College of Visual and Performing Arts Award for Outstanding Research, and as a two-time finalist for the President’s Book Award. She is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Barnie E. Rushing Jr. Award for Research at Texas Tech University.
Susan is presenting a keynote session on Tuesday morning and the following workshops:
Healing our Hearts: Songs for Singing, Listening and Learning
HOT PEAS AND BARLEY-O: Children’s Songs and Games from Scotland
FROM CLASSROOM TO CHORUS: Building on the K-5 Foundation
IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD: From Musical Literacy to Improvisation
FIRST, WE SING! Songs and Games for Kids
SING IT IN YOUR HEAD: From Listening to Inner Hearing
FWS! 100 Little Songs and Rhymes