Sue Trainor is a Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist based in the Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland Regional Programs. She is a musician and performing-songwriter with a gift for stirring-up enthusiasm and creativity. Sue has been a Wolf Trap Teaching Artist since 2003, bringing professional development residencies into preschool and kindergarten classrooms. As a Master Teaching Artist, Sue has travelled nationally and internationally with Wolf Trap, providing training for other teaching artists and professional development workshops for early childhood educators and administrators.

Sue was named 2014 Artist of the Year by Young Audiences of Maryland for her arts-in-education work, which includes her role as lead teaching artist in the Maryland Wolf Trap region, Arts Integration Facilitator at a Title 1 school, and her residency programs in elementary, secondary, and special needs classrooms.  Sue is the musician on staff with Maryland’s Teaching Artist Institute (a professional development and certification program for teaching artists), she was invited to present at the Kennedy Center’s Very Special Arts Intersections Conference in 2014.



Sue’s most recent recording, “In Our Own Words,” won the Wammie Award from the Washington Area Music Association for Best CD for Children. Her debut recording for kids, "Under Tables, Out Back Doors," earned multiple awards, including Parents' Choice "Recommended" honors and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal. Sue also performs concerts for adult audiences as a member of the vocal trio HOT SOUP, which recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. Sue received her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Lawrence University.