Suzanne Schmidt

Suzanne Schmidt teaches Music Fundamentals, Music Theory I, and Music Theory II in the School of Music. She also teaches at the Cairn Community Arts Academy and serves in AP Music Theory leadership as the Assistant to the Chief Reader.

Mrs. Schmidt received her B.Mus. with a double major in performance and music education and a double minor in music history and music theory at The University of Michigan. Her MMEd, with distinction, was earned from Westminster Choir College of Rider University where she taught a music theory class in the Educational Opportunity Program and co-authored an online pre-college music theory course.

Suzanne has taught all levels of music in both public and private schools in several states, in addition to directing the choir and teaching theory at the Csehy Summer School of Music. She has also presented music theory and aural skills workshops at local, state, and national levels.

A faculty member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, Teacher Division of the American College of Musicians, Suzanne Schmidt is a popular adjudicator for piano auditions in the Mid-Atlantic region.