Barbara Lynn Suhrstedt

Background

Suhrstedt, Barbara Lynn was born on December 6, 1945 in Massillon, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Donald Charles and Elizabeth Ann Fetrow.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 1967. Master of Music, Boston University, 1970.

Career

Instructor piano South Shore Conservatory of Music, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1971—1984. Private piano studio Newton, Watertown and Somerville, 1975—1990. Concert pianist, 1980—2005.

Soprano Church of the Advent, Boston, 1980—1990. Private voice studio Newton, Watertown and Somerville, since 1982. Artist, clinician state conventions Music Teachers National Association, 1989—2002.

Member international jury 3d Igor Stravinsky Competition for Young Pianists Stravinsky School Music and Art, Lomonosov, Russia, 2002. Participant St. Petersburg (Russia) Arts Festival, 2002.

Achievements

• Barbara Lynn Suhrstedt has been listed as a noteworthy concert pianist, voice educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors FLAME Russian sister-city organization, Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1999. Member of Only A Child (board directors since 2008), National Association Teachers of Singing.

Interests

• Reading.

Connections

Married Gerhardt John Suhrstedt, October 25, 1969 (deceased December 29, 2005).

Father:

Donald Charles

Mother:

Elizabeth Ann Fetrow

Spouse:

Gerhardt John Suhrstedt