Suzanne Waters

Voice part: Soprano

Season you joined the Chorale: 2011-2012

Birthplace: Princeton, NJ

Do you make your living as a musician? Yes

If so, where else do you gig/teach/conduct/sing/perform? Various churches, weddings, memorial services, session work, other live performance gigs

Where else do you sing NOW? The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (section leader, wedding cantor), Swing Shift (a capella group), Transitive Shape (electronic music collaboration), recording sessions (solo & ensemble)

Recent solo roles or guest appearances: Garry Schyman Dante’s Inferno, BioShock (video game score performance); Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Dvorak Mass in D Minor, Willcocks On This Day Rejoice (UCC Choir with Alex Ruggieri); guest artist with Ryan Cross Trio (jazz/blues at The Biltmore Hotel)

Recordings/TV/Film: Battle Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Winnie the Pooh

Highlights of your musical career: Performing with A.R. Rahman at Academy Award events for Fox Searchlight, and soloing at a concert in Seoul, South Korea for Paramount Pictures

Favorite choral work: Tie between Duruflé Requiem & Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil

A defining moment or favorite onstage experience: My first performance with the LA Master Chorale at the Hollywood Bowl!

What are you listening to these days?: The Civil Wars, Raphael Saadiq, Elbow, anything Kanye West produces, Foster the People, Katy Perry, Cee Lo Green, Patty Griffin, Animal Kingdom soundtrack, coloratura sopranos Rita Streich, Mady Mesplé, & Natalie Dessay

Anything you’d like to add about yourself?: It’s been a long-time dream of mine to sing with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and for everyone who’s encouraged me to shoot for the stars.