Kindness… Compassion...
Diligence... Curiosity...
Grit... Grace... Care…
Hard work... Accountability…
Trust... Respect...
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin is one of the country’s leading conducting pedagogues, being praised for his keen analytical eye and deep understanding of conducting technique and physique, paired with a kind and caring approach that has empowered conductors and conducting students across the globe.
Sütterlin’s approach to conducting and conducting pedagogy is non-ideological, sensible, and wholesome. He allows his students to explore, unfold, and develop themselves in a nurturing and caring environment.
He equips students with a thorough understanding of a healthy conducting technique that aims to gain maximum clarity and expressiveness by releasing unnecessary tension, and relying on gravity.
He instills in his students the importance of informed decision-making through thorough musicological research and score study, and stylistic sensibility.
He leads with integrity and places a strong emphasis on positive and consistent leadership and responsibly engaged citizenship.
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Over the past seven years, Sütterlin has built one the country’s most wholesome and rigorous summer programs for conductors. The program is designed to prepare diligent and hard-working conducting students for a career in the professional and academic fields. Sütterlin places a strong emphasis on positive and consistent leadership and responsibly engaged citizenship, and allows his fellows to explore, unfold, and develop themselves in a nurturing and caring environment.
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Best-friend-conductors Dr. Mathias Elmer and Dr. Kevin Sütterlin hold a summer together every year with their performance practice ensemble, Sinfonietta Memphis. The academies have an instrumental performance/research track, as well as a conducting fellowship program.
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TESTIMONIALS
“Studying with Dr. Kevin Sütterlin as a conducting fellow at Lutheran Summer Music was the most transformative musical experience I have had.”
“There is an immeasurable amount of care and attention that Dr. Sütterlin dedicates to his work, and conducting fellows will learn exactly what it means to be prepared and thorough.”
“ Dr. Sütterlin is a deeply caring person. As his student, one will receive an immense amount of kindness, patience, and open-mindedness.”
“ I was privileged to study with Dr. Sütterlin, who shared his immense knowledge and wisdom generously, whether it was conducting technique, rehearsal technique, cultivating my artistic vision, or expanding my horizons as a person.”
“Dr. Sütterlin defines his legacy through the knowledge he shares, the relationships he creates, and the success and well-being of all his students.”
“Dr. Sütterlin pushed me in ways that helped me grow as a conductor and leader and was always there when I needed help.”
“I was privileged to study with Dr. Sütterlin, who shared his immense knowledge and wisdom generously, whether it was conducting technique, rehearsal technique, cultivating my artistic vision, or expanding my horizons as a person.”