Susan Collier
teacher, conductor, violinist

ARAM, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, PGCE

Susan has a lifelong passion for communication through music. Inspired by her first public performance as a violinist at the age of three in the concert hall at the Royal College of Music, she has dedicated herself to expertise in performance and directing. Susan has honed and put into practice skills of artistic interpretation and shaping, of reading and playing audiences, of timing and of sensitivity. She has a keen sense of how to convey musical expression, whether as a soloist, conductor, teacher, director, or as part of an orchestra or chamber group.
 

 

 

 

 

"I think the performances people remember most are
those which have moved them in some way.
More important than music being perfect,
is music which is heartfelt, and thought through.
We sometimes imagine that to just
lose oneself in the music is enough to project the
emotions outwards, but in reality, it is a steep learning curve
of understanding the techniques needed to produce
a certain type of tone colour, to convey a specific mood."