Susan Jane Matthews
Susan Jane Matthews has performed as organist, pianist, and choir director throughout the United States and in Europe. She delights in sharing the music of women composers, especially Fanny Hensel. Susan has been Director of Music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Burlingame, California since October 2005, and is founding director of the St. Paul’s Choir School (2007). She has led the choir in three English cathedral residencies: Gloucester (2017), Wells (2022), and Lincoln (2025). Under her direction, the choir has premiered three commissioned works and recorded three albums – Sweetly Singing in the Choir (2014), Searching for Stars (2019), Great Host (2024). She previously served as Director of Music at St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, Boise, Idaho, and as Principal Organist of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, where she recorded two solo organ CDs: Chosen Tunes in 2004 and More Chosen Tunes in 2016. Susan also seeks to share glimpses of beauty through bird photography.
Silent Night (excerpt)
Choir of St. Paul's | 14th Annual North Peninsula Multifaith Choral Concert | October 8, 2023
Evensong for Ascension
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers | Christopher Tin & Emily Dickinson
2022 Wells Cathedral Residency | Choir of St. Paul's
St. Paul's Choir School, Burlingame, CA
Choir School Concert 2022
Give us grace (A prayer of Jane Austen) | Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
First Annual Marcia McCowin Concert
Once in royal David's city
2021 Sixth Annual Christmas Concert: And on earth peace
You can tell the world | Margaret Bonds
Isao Koizumi | Sekai no tomo
Frédéric Chopin | Prelude in D flat (Raindrop)
Fanny Hensel | August (Das Jahr)
Sergei Rachmaninoff | Allegretto in B
Betty Jackson King | Summer Interlude
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in G-flat Major, Opus 90, No. 3
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in E-flat Major, Opus 90, No. 2
Bobby McFerrin | The Lord is my shepherd
Florence Price | II. Fughetta (Suite No. 1 for organ)
Sarah MacDonald | Nunc dimittis
Florence Price | I. Fantasy (Suite No. 1 for organ)
Gwyneth Walker | Peace like a river
Daniel Read | All glory be to God on high (Sherburne)
Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man (arr. for organ by Dorothy Papadakos)
Aaron Copland | Simple Gifts (arr. for choir and piano by David Conte)
Joan Tower | Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Fanny Hensel | Allegro molto in c minor
Ana Hernández | Be still and know that I am God