Susan Kinnischtzke
Director of Muisc Education & Director of Choirs
Bio
Susanne Marie Kinnischtzke is a semi-retired music educator who resides in Pueblo West, Colorado. She currently directs the Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz Choir at Colorado State University Pueblo and is the director of Music Education. She attended Pueblo Central High School and graduated in 1986. She received her B.A. in Music Education K-12 and her M.A. in Music Education from Adams State University and has over 35 years experience teaching choral music. She taught at Pueblo South High School, Pueblo West High School, Pueblo Central High School and at Swallows Charter Academy and her groups have been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York, Chicago and onboard cruise ships. While at Pueblo West High School, she worked to pass a bond issue to complete the facility to build a performing arts wing and an auditorium. She also created and wrote the curriculum for the brand new International Baccalaureate program in music. She is a vocal music adjudicator for the Colorado High School Activities Association and a judge for Colorado All-State Choir, a private voice instructor and accompanist. She also directs the St. Paul the Apostle Contemporary Youth Band at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Pueblo West and is music director at St. Pius X Church in Pueblo. She is and active team member with the Pueblo Summer Musical Program as a voice instructor and accompanist. Susan holds a Certificate of Distinction in vocal pedagogy from Boston Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music. When she is not making music, Susan loves spending time with her two grown children, her two dogs Daisy and Lily and her cat Carl.