Born in Dorset and educated in Guernsey, Suzanne began flute lessons at the age of 13 with Alfred Sebire, a former pupil of Charles Souper and John Amadio. She went on to read music at Gypsy Hill, Kingston-upon-Thames where she studied flute with Averil Williams and Doris da Costa, and piano with Michael Round. She continued her studies at Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire (now part of Leeds University).
Since moving to Cumbria in 1981 to work as teacher of woodwind and class music at St. Anne’s School in Windermere, then working for the County Music Service teaching flute and fife in many of the local primary and secondary schools, she is now a self-employed freelance musician, playing in many of the orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Cumbria and teaching privately. Whilst engrossed with these activities, Suzanne has also been involved with various local music societies, in the role of accompanist or as a trustee and is currently the British Flute Society’s area representative for Cumbria. In 1994 she started Sedgwick Flutes, a flute group for her pupils, which has since grown to become the charity-run organisation Flutes & Co, Cumbria’s only flute orchestra, open to players of all ages and abilities.
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