Director, Community Music Division
BS Bucknell University
MA University of Wisconsin
MM The American University
DM Northwestern University
CONTACT INFORMATION:
773-325-4390
About
Susanne Baker is the founder and director of the DePaul Community Music Division, a program housed in the School of Music that enrolls 700 students of all ages with a 70-member faculty. In the pre-college division, Susanne teaches both traditional and Suzuki piano students as well as group classes. She is a frequent adjudicator in the Chicago area, teaches on the summer faculty of the Chicago Suzuki Institute, serves on the Committee of School Directors of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, and is the 2009-10 Convener for the Chicago Consortium of Community Music Schools.
Susanne is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Music where she teaches piano pedagogy and coordinates the group piano program. She holds a DM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern University, a Masters in Piano Performance from American University and a Master of Arts in Education and Music from the University of Wisconsin.