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The American American soprano, Susan Consoli Turner, has led an active and versatile career throughout the USA and abroad from J.S. Bach to John Harbison to Gershwin. Her first solo was in 3rd grade, and has been making music ever since.
Susan Consoli has worked under such notable conductors as Grant Llewellyn, Paul Goodwin, Harry Christophers, Bruno Weil, Laurence Cummings, Odaline (Chachi) de la Martinez, David Angus, John Finney, William Jon Gray, Craig Smith, Michael Beattie, David Alan Miller, Tom Hall, David Carrier, Kevin Leong, Daniel Perkins, Donald Teeters, David Hodgkins, Melinda O’Neil, Christopher Shepard, Jerome Laszloffy, Holly Krafka, Robert Duff, Peter Bagley, Pamela Mindell, Gerald Mack, Andrew Clark, Andrew Megill, John Harbison, Steven Karidoyanes, Lisa Graham, John Erhlich, William Cutter, Jonathan Barnhart, Michael Driscoll, Paul Phillips, James David Christie, and Ryan Turner.
Additional collaborators include directors/choreographers/composers Chen Shi-Zheng, Tero Saarinen, Anne Azema, Joel Cohen, Betsi Graves (Urbanity Dance); as well as composers Peter Child, Carson Cooman, David Patterson and John Harbison with whom she premiered (Boston) A Clear Midnight and Vocalism,
Festivals include: Festival CLASSIQUE au vert, Boston Early Music Festival, Movimentos Internationales TanzFestival, LAOKOON Festival, Ribeauvillé Festival de Musique Ancienne, Carmel Bach Festival, Rome Opera Festival, Great Waters Music Festival, Nantucket Arts Festival. Appearances with Boston Camerata & Tero Saarinen Dance Company include: Borrowed Light in Paris Théâtre National de Chaillot, Berlin, Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Oulu, Tampere, An American Vocalist, Saw ye my hero in Paris, Travellin’ Home in Ribeauvillé.
Susan Consoli made her Carnegie Hall debut performing George Frideric Handel's Messiah under the direction of Christopher Shepard with Masterwork Chorus. Her Emmanuel Music highlights include: L.v. Beethoven's Ah perfido!, Servilia in W.A. Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, G.F. Handel's Apollo e Dafne, J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor (BWV 232), G.F. Handel's Alexander's Feast, J.S. Bach's Phoebus and Pan (BWV 201) with Urbanity Dance, J.S. Bach's St. Mark Passion (BWV 247), J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) and over fifty J.S. Bach's cantatas. She was the Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow for the 2010-2011 season.
2018-2019 season’s solo engagements included: John Harbison's premiere Eight Recent Jazzsinger Songs with John Harbison, G.F. Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day with Emmanuel Music under the direction of Ryan Turner, W.A. Mozart's Requiem with Masterworks Chorale under the direction of Kevin Leong, J.S. Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243), BWV 1, BWV 51 with Worcester Chorus under the direction of Christopher Shepard, a Carson Cooman premiere with the Commonwealth Chorale under the direction of David Carrier, W.A. Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the New Hampshire Music Festival.
Susan Consoli’s recordings include Handel and Haydn Society All is Bright for Avie Records and David Patterson Loon’s Tail Flashing for Albany Records.
Susan Consoli has taught voice at Phillips Academy in Exeter and Andover. As a voice teacher at Seacoast Academy of Music, her knowledgeable and supportive teaching style comes highly recommended by her former students. She is an effective vocal coach who understands the needs of students seeking vocal roles in musical theater. She is also a soloist with Voices of Hope, a non-profit organization which supports cancer research.
Susan Consoli resides in Haverhill, north of Boston with her husband, Ryan Turner, their two children and sweet puppy. This marks her 19th season with Emmanuel Music. |
