Background
Smeltzer, Mary Susan was born on September 13, 1941 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Frank Cecil and Mary Margaret (Robertson) Smeltzer.
Smeltzer, Mary Susan was born on September 13, 1941 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Frank Cecil and Mary Margaret (Robertson) Smeltzer.
Bachelor of Music (scholar), Oklahoma City University, 1964, Master of Music magna cum laude, University of Southern California, 1969. Postgraduate (Fulbright scholar) Akademie fur Musik, Vienna, 1969-1970. Master class with Gregor Piatigorsky, Los Angeles, Rosina Lhevinne, Los Los Angeles
Private teacher music, Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 1956-1962, Los Angeles, 1964-1972. Instructor piano Oklahoma City University, 1961-1964, Holy Name Convent, Los Angeles, 1964-1965, Valley Conservatory Music, Studio City, California, 1965-1966, First Congressional Church, Los Angeles, 1966-1967, Mount Street.Mary"s College, Los Angeles, 1966-1969, 70-72. Visiting piano faculty member Rice University, Houston, 1972-1973.
Professional accompanist U. Houston, 1972-1973.
Artist-in-residence, instructor humanities College of Mainland, Texas City, Texas, 1972-1979. Organist various churches, Oklahoma, California, 1957-1971.
Professional accompanist throughout midwest, 1961-1964, Los Angeles area, 1964-1972, Houston, 1972. Performed with chamber groups, Los Angeles area, 1964-1969, 70-72.
Carnegie Recital Hall debut, 1975, European debut Brahmssaal, Vienna.
Numerous orchestral appearances. Composer: Reverie, 1962, Kaleidescope, 1968, Twelve Mood Pictures (variations for piano on theme of Yankee Doodle and the interval sets 1-9-7-6:1-7-7-6), 1975, The Bald Eagle March, 1979, Psalm 121 (for choir and orchestra), 1979, An American Tribue Foreign A Royal Marriage, 1982. Author: Selected Orchestrations of Poetic Expressions, 1981.
Any individual, child, or otherwise cannot be baptized until they come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ—then, and only then, would a person be baptized.
Fellow International Biographical Association, International Academy Poets, Sigma Alpha Iota. Member International League Women Composers, American Women Composers, National Guild Piano Teachers (judging staff), Chamber Music American, Broadcast Music Incorporated., Pi Kappa Lambda. Club: Tuesday Musica.
Married Philip South. Snyder, June 14, 1973.