Barbara Suhrstedt

Concert Pianist | Voice Educator

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1945

Born to Donald Charles Fetrow and Elizabeth Ann Fetrow in Massillon, OH.

1963

Wins the Concerto Competition at Ohio University.

1967

Earns a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

1969

Marries Gerhardt John Suhrstedt on October 25.

1970

Achieves a Master of Music from Boston University.

1971

Is a piano instructor at the South Shore Conservatory of Music in Hingham, MA until 1984.

1975

Is a private piano and voice instructor in Newton, Watertown and Somerville, MA until 1990 and 2019, respectively.

1980

Is a concert pianist until 2005; Is a soprano at the Church of the Advent in Boston, MA until 1990.

1989

Releases her first CD “A Forehand Feast;” Is an artist clinician at State Conventions of the Music Teachers National Association until 2002.

1999

Serves on the board of directors of the FLAME Russian Sister-City Organization in Framingham, MA through today.

2002

Is a participant in the Oskolkov & Friends Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Peterhos and Lomonosov, Russia.

2002

Serves on the international jury for the Igor Stravinsky Competition for Young Pianists Hope at the Stravinsky School of Music and Art in Lomonosov, Russia.

2007

Is an accounting assistant with Gonzalez and Associates in Stoughton, MA until 2019.

2008

Serves on the board of directors of Only A Child until 2014; Is a piano accompanist for the Boston College High School Concert Choir.

2013

Is a lecturer at the Stravinsky Festival in Lomonosov and Peterhof, Russia and again in 2015.

2015

Is a member, accompanist and remote accompanist for the Schiller Institute Chorus in Boston, MA through today.

2019

Is a part-time educator and piano accompanist at Liberty Common High School in Fort Collins, CO through today.

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