Brief bio
Phillip A. Swan is Co-Director of Choral Studies at Lawrence University and Musical Director for LU Musicals. Swan co-directs Cantala (LU Women’s Choir) and Concert Choir, conducts Hybrid Ensemble, and teaches courses in conducting, musical theater, and music education. He is active in the Appleton community, serving as artistic director and conductor for newVoices and is choir director at Appleton Alliance Church. Swan received his BA in music education from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, MM in Choral Conducting from UT El Paso, and has completed all coursework for the DMA in Choral Conducting at the University of Miami (Florida).
Swan has conducted Cantala in performances at the 2013 and 2006 NC-ACDA conferences and the 2011 National ACDA conference in Chicago. He is privileged to be included as a chapter author in the 2012 GIA book, “Conducting Women’s Choirs”. Awards include the 2011 Lawrence Award for Excellence in Creative Activity, the 2008 Mrs. H. K. Babcock Award, South Dakota ACDA Encore Award, Outstanding Young Men of America, Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 1997 Northwestern University Summer Fellow, 2001 National ACDA graduate conducting competition finalist – San Antonio, Alpha Epsilon Lambda (graduate honor society) and Pi Kappa Lambda (collegiate national music honor society).
