arts education
W11 Opera
W11 OPERA
From 2015 to 2018 Susan was the Education & Outreach Director for W11 Opera. She became the Artistic Director of W11 Opera in 2020.
Opera for Young People
She has performed in several operas for young people and education & outreach projects including:
Marie Curie in Stem Sisters - HMDT Music - 2021
Old Lady/Head Teacher in Waxwings (ETO/Luxembourg Philimonie) - 2019
Milly in Silver Electra (World Premier/ETO UK Tour) - 2017
Valentina in Laika the Spacedog (ETO UK Tour) - 2016
Old Lady/Head Teacher in Waxwings (ETO/Luxembourg Philimonie) - 2015
Mrs Aesop in A Sting In The Tail (ETO World Premier) - 2015
Mrs Plumpster/Ferdinand in Borka (World Premier/ETO UK Tour) - 2014
Lady Alice in Edenbridge (ETO World Premier) - 2014
Ariel in Offshore - ETO - 2013
Valentina in Laika in Lambeth (World Premier/ETO UK Tour) - 2013
Valentina in Laika the Spacedog (World Premier/ETO UK Tour) - 2013
Freelance Projects
NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL
A Masked Party: An Operatic Revue - 2021
HMS Mini Pinny - 2020
Opera Performance Workshop - 2019
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STREETWISE OPERA
Susan worked with Streewise Opera between 2013-2017 co-leading workshops with vulnerable people who were or had experienced homelessness.
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ENGLISH TOURING OPERA
Susan has also lead several workshops for ETO including Turtle Song, a series of workshops for people living with dementia and their carers at Waddeston Manor (2017) and The Warden’s Trust (2019).
TURTLE SONG - Waddeston Manor 2017 - The Ballroom
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OPERA MINIMA
Susan devised several workshops for Opera Minima from 2005 to 2011. Projects included school & community workshops, operatic revues, reduced productions and fully staged works.