Matthew Swanson
Director of Music
In addition to serving at Interim Director of Music at Knox Presbyterian, Matthew Swanson is Director of Choruses for the Cincinnati May Festival, a cornerstone of the Cincinnati arts community since its founding in 1873. He is the artistic head of the May Festival’s choral ensembles — the May Festival Chorus, May Festival Chamber Choir, May Festival Youth Chorus and Cincinnati Boychoir — and collaborates with the annually appointed Festival Director to craft programming for the May Festival. He conducts and prepares the May Festival Chorus — the core artistic element of the Cincinnati May Festival and the official Chorus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra — for their performances at historic Music Hall and beyond.
