University of the Pacific; University of Arizona (MM); additional post-graduate study at UC Irvine and San Jose State University. Suzanne is Principal Trombone with the Central Oregon Symphony and Cascade Winds.  She is Director of The Brass Arts Studio in Bend, teaching privately and coaching chamber ensembles. 

She also teaches part-time at the Cascades Academy, performs freelance solo work and volunteers her coaching talents in the public schools.  During her twenty-two year residency in the San Francisco Bay Area, Suzanne was Principal Trombone with the Modesto Symphony and the Women’s Philharmonic and founder of the Seraphim Brass Quintet. She also performed with the Marin, Berkeley and San Jose Symphonies, and performed the world premier of No Trumpets, No Drums by David Jaffe for Trombone, Organ and Percussion in 1992. Suzanne has written many articles for the ITA Journal and has recorded for the Koch and Albion labels.