Composition

Susan received a major grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women to write and co-produce a multimedia work for flute, harp, and dancers. In addition to six performances, this piece was taped and aired biweekly for three years by Prime Cable Dekalb (Atlanta area) in 1990. She has also received grants from the Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia Council for the Arts, Bureau of Cultural Affairs (Atlanta), and the Arts Festival of Atlanta. She completed music for the documentary "The Family Connection" in the spring of 1996. "Westpoint Lake" was scored for "West Point Lake: Your Lake Year Round" tourism promotional video for the Georgia Conservancy in 1999. Susan won Marketplace radio's "What's Your Score" contest in January 2000. May 2000 - completed scoring music for the documentary "The Chattahoochee: Muddied Waters, Clear Solutions", produced/directed by Fran Burst of Burst Video/Film for the Georgia Conservancy. It's premiere broadcast was on Sunday, October 29, 2000 at 2:30 on GPTV, Georgia Public Television.

Susan is a member of ASCAP and the American Composers Forum.

You're invited to have a listen to excerpts of recent compositions in the mp3 format.

Opening theme from West Point Lake, written for the Georgia Conservancy.

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Indian Jungle. About this piece, Susan says " It's my favorite midi composition currently, I wrote it for fun. It was inspired by the book "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.