Susan Bender

Style: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Title: Professor of Music Emerita

Bio: Susan Bender is a versatile soprano and teacher who has been featured as a soloist with orchestras and opera companies across the country, including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as a National Council Winner. For many years Ms. Bender lived in the Washington, DC area, where she was recruited to serve in the United States Navy Sea Chanter Chorus. She has appeared as a soloist with The Washington National Opera, Fairbanks Symphony, the Washington Bach Consort, the Graz, Austria Festival Orchestra, Iowa Bach Festival, Stony Brook Bach Festival (as an apprentice to soprano Beverly Hoch), and the 20th Century Consort.Internationally, she has performed in Southeast Asia for the United States Information Service, Greve, Italy for the Garth Newel Chamber Players and in Zagreb, Croatia as a presenter for the College Music Society. Ms. Bender's concert and oratorio work consistently receives high marks in a wide variety of repertoire including the works of Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, and Schubert. She

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I am available as a clinician or presenter

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