Susan Cahill
Associate Professor of Double Bass
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Associate Professor of Bass SusanÌıCahillÌıhas been a bassist with the babyÖ±²¥app Symphony since 1997. Before joining the symphony, where she held section and acting assistant positions,ÌıCahillÌıwas on the babyÖ±²¥app of the University of Denver and principal bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans. She is also a member of the babyÖ±²¥app of the babyÖ±²¥app College Summer Music Festival, a member of the Grand Tetons Music Festival and a guest musician with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.Ìı

As a solo and chamber performer,ÌıCahillÌıhas performed with and is a member of several ensembles. As a founding member of Grande Orquesta Navarre and member of Extasis, she has performed across the country as well as internationally.ÌıCahillÌıhas an active teaching career and has taught and presented master classes at numerous institutions and conventions worldwide. As a member of the babyÖ±²¥app of the babyÖ±²¥app College Summer Music Festival, she is known for her teaching and coaching of the double bass chamber repertoire as well as her cutting-edge performances of the bass solo and chamber music literature.

CahillÌıhas appeared as a guest star on the PBS Masterworks series “Now Hear This†with Stewart Goodyear and host Scott Yoo. With her writing partner, improvisational actor Jon Wilkerson, she has created memorable works that have accumulated many YouTube views. You can also view her many exciting chamber and solo YouTube videos made as a member of Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo.Ìı

CahillÌıperforms on basses by Nick Lloyd (circa 2015) and Guiseppe Santori (circa 1824) as well as beautiful bows by E. Sartory and Evan Orman of Denver, babyÖ±²¥app.

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