Suzanne has been Organist/Choirmaster at Nativity since March, 2006.  She also oversees the Music at the Nativity Concert series.  In her previous position as Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Suzanne managed a comprehensive music program that included vocal and handbell ensembles for children from age four through high school, directed the adult choir, which presented concerts two or more times per year, directed a Lenten lunchtime concert series, an evening chamber concert series, and regularly hosted performing groups from the Philadelphia area.

Suzanne is a graduate of the University of Kansas, McGill University in Montreal, and Duke University.   Her love of Anglican music and liturgy was nurtured while studying music at the University of Kansas, especially in classes with Gerre Hancock, of St. Thomas Church, New York City.  In Montreal, while pursuing a Master’s in Organ Historical Performance, she worked at the Church of St. James the Apostle, and studied with Gerald Wheeler at the Anglican Cathedral.  She also attended the Royal School of Church Music’s six week Summer Course for overseas musicians in Croydon, England and worked one on one with British musicians such as John Rutter and Alan Wicks. Most recently, she has studied conducting with Robert Page, William Weinert, and Simon Carrington.

In New Jersey, Suzanne served as Assistant Director of ChildrenSong, working with two auditioned community children’s choirs.  She is now Director of the Huntsville Community Children's Chorus (HC3):  http: //www.thechorus.org/aboutus.html. She has also served as Dean of the South West Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, planning and playing in many events for the chapter.

A specialist in Early Music with many years of study on harpsichord, in baroque vocal technique, and other areas of performance practice, Suzanne is actively involved in presenting concerts for Baroque ensembles, and supporting new (20th and 21st century) music.