Susie Peek - Biography

Education
  • Graduate study - University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 1981-1983
  • Bachelor of Music (with High Honors) - University of Texas at Austin, 1981
  • University of Texas at El Paso, 1975-1978
  • University of Colorado, 1974-75
  • Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM, graduated 1974
Orchestral Experience
  • Central City Opera Orchestra - 1st Violin, 1998-present
  • Colorado Symphony Orchestra - Section Violin, 1999-2004 and 2005-2007; substitute violin, 1998-1999, 2004-2005, 2007-present
  • Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte, NC - 1st Violin, September 1983-1999; Interim Assistant Concertmaster, January 1992 - August 1993
  • Boulder Philharmonic and Sinfonia of Colorado - Associate Concertmaster, September 1997-1999
  • North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh, NC - extra 1st and 2nd Violin, 1994-1997
  • Orquestra del Teatro de Bellas Artes (professional opera orchestra), Mexico City - 1st Violin, 1979-1980
  • Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington, KY - 1st Violin, 1981-1983
  • Dayton Philharmonic, Dayton, OH - extra, 1982
  • Austin Symphony, Austin, TX - 1st Violin, 1978-1979, 1980-1981
  • Aspen Festival Orchestra - 2nd Violin, 1981
  • Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra - Principal and Assistant Principal 2nd Violin, 1978
  • El Paso Symphony, El Paso, TX - 1st Violin, 1975-1978
Teaching Experience
  • Peek Violin Studios - 1997-present
  • Sectional coach and seating audition judge for Denver Young Artists and Front Range youth symphonies 1999-2003
  • Southern Park Music School, Charlotte, NC - private violin teacher 1983-1997
  • Charlotte Junior Youth Symphony - violin section coach 1988-1997
  • University of Texas at Austin String Project - private and group violin lesson teacher, 1978-1979, 1980-1981
Teachers
  • Stephen Clapp - 1979-1980, 1983, 1984
  • Dorothy DeLay - 1981-1982
  • Kurt Sassmannshaus - 1981-1983
  • Max Rabinovitsj - 1980-1981
  • Abraham Chavez - 1975-1978
January, 2008

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Violin image from the Instrument Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts