Adjunct Instructor

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Degrees: MM Vocal Performance, Manhattan School of Music

BM Vocal Performance, Northwestern University
Languages Spoken: English, German
Bio: Susan Derry’s Broadway credits include Wonderful Town and 14 productions with City Center's Encores! series. She started her career as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera in Hamburg, Germany; her wide-ranging roles include Francesca, Bridges of Madison County; Marian,The Music Man; Lily/Kate, Kiss Me, Kate!; The Witch, Into The Woods; Desdemona, Othello; Eliza, My Fair Lady; Fiona, Brigadoon; Betty, Sunset Boulevard; Ragtime at the Kennedy Center; Bernstein's Mass at the Kennedy Center and on tour. Her concert work has taken her to Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, the Kennedy Center, Utah Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and Sounds of the City NYC, among others. Susan’s most recent solo show, Ingenue You When at Feinstein’s/54 Below, was nominated for a Best Cabaret Debut Show Award in 2021 by Broadway World; the show returns to Green Room 42 in New York this spring. Her debut album I Wish It So, Nevermore Records, is available to stream. Susan is also the co-founder of UrbanArias, DC’s contemporary opera company. More at https://www.susanderry.com and https://www.urbanarias.org.

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