Susan Hochmiller

Dr. Susan Hochmiller is a versatile performer of chamber music, art song, oratorio, and opera. Her performance highlights include appearances at Carnegie Hall with the Susquehanna University Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, the Mozart 101 Series with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Colorado Bach Ensemble, and the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. She is a frequent recitalist with the Music, Gettysburg! series and has performed in recitals across the United States and in Italy, including at the historic Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. She has appeared as a soloist in major works such as Orff's Carmina Burana, Bach's St. John Passion, and Vaughan Williams's Hodie. Her opera roles include Joanne in the premiere of Charles Strouse's The West, Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, and Le Feu in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges.

A passionate chamber music advocate, Dr. Hochmiller co-founded Aire Duo, a collaborative ensemble for soprano and trumpet. She is also the author of So You Want To Sing Chamber Music: A Guide for Performers, part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) series published by Bloomsbury. Her debut album, Art Songs and Duets by Women Composers from the Classical and Early Romantic Eras, was released by Centaur Records in 2022. Her second album, After the Quiet, featuring Aire Duo performing 21st-century repertoire by women composers, will be released by Navona Records in 2026. Dr. Hochmiller has shared her artistry and expertise at NATS National Conferences, College Music Society National and Regional Conferences, Music by Women Festivals, Colorado Music Educators Association Conferences, and Pennsylvania Music Educators Association/National Association for Music Educators Conferences.

Dr. Hochmiller's dedication to teaching and mentoring is evident through the achievements of her students. They have received numerous accolades in both Classical and Musical Theatre divisions at District and Regional NATS Student Auditions in Pennsylvania and Colorado, and have reached the national semi-finals at the Classical Singer Competition. Her students have consistently been accepted into prestigious graduate and summer programs, and many perform with professional opera companies and musical organizations.

Dr. Hochmiller holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Susquehanna University. From 2013–2023, she directed Orvieto Musica's Art of Song summer vocal chamber music festival in Orvieto, Italy, and has served on the voice faculty at Colorado State University, Dickinson College, and the New York State Summer School of the Arts, School of Choral Studies. She is currently Associate Professor of Music, Coordinator of Vocal Studies, and Director of Opera Workshop at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. In 2021, she received the Dr. Ralph Cavaliere Endowed Teaching Award for teaching excellence.