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Professor of Music
Director of Singing Hoosiers
Michael Schwartzkopf, DMA, The University of Iowa; MM Indiana University; BME, Indiana University
Michael Schwartzkopf is a member of the Alliance of Distinguished Rank and Named Professors at Indiana University and holds the Pam and Jack Burks Professorship Chair in Music. His philosophy of music is reflected in his diverse involvement and activity in the areas of performance, conducting, teaching, and administration. At Indiana University he is the music director and conductor of the Grammy nominated Singing Hoosiers and teaches courses in choral music education and conducting at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is the past President of the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and begins his thirteen-year as the Director the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Bloomington.
He continues to be active as an adjudicator, lecturer, clinician, and festival conductor and has conducted numerous state, regional, and all-state choirs throughout the United States and Canada. As a singer/performer, Professor Schwartzkopf has performed in the theaters, on the concert stages, and in the cathedrals of Europe and the United States in a wide variety of styles. The Singing Hoosiers completed a successful concert tour of Greece in May, 2007.
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Michael Schwartzkopf