Instrument: Viola
Originally from: Madison, WI
Now reside in: Houston, TX
Birthday: November 30
How did you get started? Public school, group class and viola rental for $10 a year.
What do you do when you’re not playing with ROCO? Houston Grand Opera, Mercury Baroque, Music On The Hill, Rhode Island, Peninsula Music Festival, Grand Tetons Music Festival.
What are you listening to on your iPod? Charlie Mars, Ben Harper, Amos Lee, Rogue Wave, Pearl Jam, Mariza, Cake, some Brahms, Martinu, Prokofiev.
What did you do this summer? Dodged the heat… Music on the Hill Rhode Island for two weeks. Three weeks at Grand Teton Music Festival, three weeks at Peninsula Music Festival in Door County Wisconsin. I also have a beehive now (see picture below.)
Personal info: Married to David. Two doggies.
Question you’re asked most often: Why did you play the viola? Answer: The cello was too heavy to carry a mile home from school.
Interests outside music: Gardening, Yoga, internet bargain shopping, dog watching… my own. Cooking and Cocktail Making. And with any spare time… I am almost always…watching a movie.
Education: U. of Wisconsin-Madison, Bachelors of Music; Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam Holland; Special Student, Yale University, Masters of Music, Artist Diploma
Bio: Suzanne LeFevre, a native of Wisconsin, began her formal education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. Following, she spent one year at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam Holland, where she studied with the principal violist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. She holds a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma from Yale University.
Suzanne has led an active orchestral career and chamber music life, which has involved playing in numerous orchestras and ensembles in the US, as well as Europe, including: Principal Viola of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola of the Charlotte Symphony, Nederlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Granada Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Bach Society, and Camerata Ventepane. Suzanne has spent the summers participating in the Grand Teton Music Festival, Peninsula Music Festival, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Madison Chamber Music Festival, and Colorado Music Festival.
After spending 20 months in Antwerp Belgium, in 2005, Suzanne moved to Houston Texas.
