"A conductor can’t survive without conducting," said Linda Tedford on considering what inspired her to begin the Susquehanna Chorale 26 years ago. Under her skilled direction, the Susquehanna Chorale has more than survived -- it has thrived. 

Linda Tedford is the Founder, Conductor, and Artistic Director of the Susquehanna Chorale, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. She is also responsible for the creation of the Chorale’s Educational Outreach program for area elementary through first year college students. Under her leadership, the Susquehanna Chorale has performed at regional and state conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and for the Legislature and Governor of Pennsylvania, and completed a highly successful concert tour of Great Britain in 1997. The group is the 1994 recipient of Chorus America’s highest award, The Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence, and is the Resident Chamber Choir at Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In addition, Linda Tedford is "Artist-in-Residence" at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, where she conducts the Concert Choir, the Chamber Singers, and the Messiah College Choral Arts Society. She also teaches conducting and voice.

Ms. Tedford holds a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Temple University, where she studied with Robert Page. She pursued additional study at Westminster Choir College, as well as with prominent conductors such as Robert Shaw, Gregg Smith, and Dale Warland, and with voice teachers Robert Grooters and Thomas Houser. She has served as a member of the Choral/Opera Panel for the PA Council on the Arts, and has been the Community Choruses Repertoire and Standards Committee Chairperson for ACDA in Pennsylvania and in the Eastern Division. She maintains membership in Chorus America, the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the Music Educators National Conference, serving as a board member for ACDA-PA as liaison between ACDA and Chorus America.