Susan Brumfield

Dr. Susan Brumfield is Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University, Artistic Director of The West Texas Children’s Chorus, and Academic Director of The West Texas Kodály Initiative. An internationally recognized expert in the Kodály approach, she is widely respected as a dynamic teacher, conductor, author, and composer. She 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. Her additional 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, and the upcoming Giro Giro Tondo: Children’s Songs and Games from Italy.

Dr. Brumfield’s contributions to research and creative activity have been recognized with multiple honors, including the Texas Tech University College of Visual and Performing Arts Award for Outstanding Research, the Barnie E. Rushing Jr. Award for Research, and the President’s Excellence in Commercialization Award (2025). Dr. Brumfield’s choral music is published by Galaxy Music Corp, Colla Voce Music, Hal Leonard and BriLee. She maintains an active schedule of teaching, writing and composing new commissioned music.