Conducting and Education
Here you can find out what Suzzie is up to as an educator and artistic lead:
Upcoming events:
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2025​​​​​
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September
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2nd September 2025
CPD trainer
Tenebrae Singing Schools programme
London
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13th September 2025
Workshop leader for Sing Ireland 'Exploring creativity, inclusivity and connection'
PPMTA National Conference
Ireland
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19th September 2025
Workshop leader (Ex Cathedra SingMaker)
Penkhull Festival of Music and Art
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October
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15th October 2025
Conductor
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Free Concert 'Heroes and Villains'
Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre
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17th October 2025
Adjudicator
Shrewsbury School Singing Competition 2025
Shrewsbury
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20th October 2025
Workshop leader
NCCGB teacher training CPD session
Bristol Music Hub
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27th October 2025
Masterclass
University of Birmingham
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30th October 2025
Presenter
My First Concert: Something Spooky
Warwick Arts Centre
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December
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5th December 2025
Conductor
University of Warwick Chamber Choir: Wintertide
Warwick Arts Centre
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7th December 2025
Conductor
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Eternal Echoes
Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre
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12th December 2025
Director
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall
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2026​​​​​
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January
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5th January 2026
Workshop leader: Encouraging singing at KS3
King Edward VI Schools Foundation, Birmingham
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31st January 2026
Workshop leader (with Stuart Overington)
Sing Out Sister, Walsall
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February
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19th-21st February 2026
Guest Conductor (vocal lead)
ISSEA Band and Choir Festival, International School of Tanganyika, Tanzania
March
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13th March 2026
Conductor
University of Warwick Chamber Choir
All Saints Church, Royal Leamington Spa
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14th March 2026
Workshop leader
Papagena and Farnham Youth Choir
Farnham, Surrey
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15th March 2026
Conductor
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre
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28th March 2026
Workshop Leader
Dartington Community Choir
Devon
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April
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5th-11th April 2026
Conductor (Blue Choir)
National Children's Choir of Great Britain Easter Course
Bromsgrove School
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May
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21st May 2026
Vocal lead
Royal College of Music, London
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June
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26th June 2026
Conductor
University of Warwick Chamber Choir
Warwick Arts Centre
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28th June 2026
Conductor
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre
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July
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17th-22nd July 2026
Vocal faculty
Gresham's School
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August
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2nd-8th August 2026
Conductor (Blue Choir)
National Children's Choir of Great Britain Easter Course
Bromsgrove School
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Previous highlights:
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2025 highlights
Artistic director
St David’s Festival Children’s Chorus, Pembrokeshire
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Guest presenter
Cork International Choral Festival, Ireland
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Conductor
Vache Baroque Children's Choir
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Vocal coach and workshop leader
Sing Ireland International Choral Conducting Summer School
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Conductor - Blue Choir
National Children's Choir Summer and Easter courses
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Vocal Faculty
Conductor
University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus programme: Karl Jenkins, The Armed Man, Shruthi Rajasekar's 'Sarojini' and Vaughan Williams' 'Dona Nobis Pacem' (Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre)
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Conductor
University of Warwick Chamber Choir programme: The Times They Are A Changin', Myths & Mysteries, Eternal Sunshine and international tour to Prague, Czech Republic.
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Presenter
My First Concert series 2025: Our Musical World, An Afternoon at the Opera and A Musical Adventure - Warwick Arts Centre​
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Co-workshop leader (with Ula Weber)
Severn Arts schools singing event
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Workshop Leader
The Creative Choir Leader Inpire Day
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Workshop leader
North Lincolnshire Hub KS3 singing day
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Guest artist
Hampshire County Youth Choir residential weekend
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Vocal coach
Hertford Choral Society, Come and Sing ‘Elijah’
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Workshop Leader
Military Wives Choirs, Devon
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Workshop Leader
ABCD Sing Out! Upper Voices singing day, Birmingham
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Artistic director
Schools singing event in collaboration with Coventry Music Hub
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2024 highlights
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Composer and workshop leader
Sing for Pleasure 60th Anniversary: Schools Singing Day
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Vocal coach and masterclasses
Voices for Hospice Event: Handel's Messiah - Nairobi, Kenya
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Workshop presenter
National Schools Singing Programme conference - Leeds​​​
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Course Conductor
National Youth Choir 9-15 Girls/Non-binary - York
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Conductor
University of Warwick Chorus and Symphony Orchestra concert series
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Conductor
University of Warwick Chamber Choir concert series
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Conductor - Blue Choir
National Children's Choir Summer and Easter courses
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Workshop presenter
Sing Ireland - Dublin
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Composer and workshop presenter
Concordia School - Paris, France
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Conductor
Come and Sing: Fauré Requiem - Warwick Arts Centre
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Workshop leader and panelist
Sing for Pleasure 60th Anniversary Conference
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Workshop leader
Sing Ireland - online teacher training workshop
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Chiara Upper Voice Singing Day
Nottinghamshire
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UK Choir Festival - St Albans
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Workshop leader
Sing Out! Upper Voice Singing Day - Lincolnshire
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Workshop leader
Ex Cathedra Education SingMaker Workshop - Stoke on Trent
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Conductor
Vache Baroque Children's Choir
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Conductor - Chorale Course
Sing for Pleasure Summer School
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Vocal Coach and Workshop Leader
Sing Ireland International Choral Conducting Summer School​
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Composer and workshop presenter
Military Wives Choirs National Conference - Scotland​​​​
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Artistic Director
Warwick 'Power in Me' Big Sing
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Workshop presenter
Severn Arts Big Sing - Worcester
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How to make your choir sound awesome masterclass with conducting students
University of Birmingham
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Schools singing workshops
Pen-y-Fai
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Aloud! CPD training workshops
Oswestry
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2023
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Ex Cathedra SingMaker Y7 singing session - workshop leader
Birmingham Midland Institute
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English Arts Chorale Singing Day (upper voices) - workshop leader
Reigate, Surrey
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Sing for Pleasure London Choir Showcase - workshop leader
St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London
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Ex Cathedra Singmaker - vocal tutor
Symphony Hall Birmingham
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UK Choir Festival - workshop leader
Birmingham
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Choral workshops - workshop leader
Manchester High School for Girls
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How to make your choir sound awesome workshop
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, Altrincham
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Presenter - ABCD 37th annual convention, 2023
York
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How to make your choir sound awesome BOOK LAUNCH
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Choral workshop - Just Sing
Newark
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Ex Cathedra Singmaker teacher training - vocal tutor
Birmingham Midland Institute
Singing Squad Summer School - vocal leader
Worksop College
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Ex Cathedra Academy of Vocal Music - Conductor
Summer Concert
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Conductor - Blue Choir
National Children’s Choir of Great Britain Summer Course
Birmingham Town Hall
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Ex Cathedra SingMaker - Workshop leader
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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My First Concert - Workshop leader
Helen Martin Studio, Warwick Arts Centre
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Adjudicator - Choral categories
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts
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Conductor - Blue Choir
National Children’s Choir of Great Britain Easter Course
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UK Choir Festival - Workshop Leader
Manchester
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Specialist Platform Masterclass
University of Birmingham
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House Singing Competition - Adjudicator
South Hampstead High School for Girls, London
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London Symphony Orchestra Family Concert - Orchestral Olympics - Workshop Leader
Barbican Centre, London
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Coventry City of Culture Legacy Project - Workshop Leader
Cosy Creative and Ex Cathedra Singing Medicine
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