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				Susan McDonald *Biography*



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A native Texan, Susan fell in love with the guitar when she was four and began playing when she was six. Self-taught for many years, she was accepted by Wolfgang Justen into the guitar ensemble at the University of St. Thomas when she was fourteen. Several years later she was invited to become the student of Pepe Romero, with whom she studied for many years.

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"Susan McDonald filled the audience with enthusiasm...all the listeners were entranced..."
Rhein-Neckar Zeitung

Her studies took Susan from the University of St. Thomas to life with Los Romeros in California to the Mozarteum in Salzburg and finally to the Banff Centre for the Arts in the Canadian Rockies. Since then she has given concerts throughout North and South America and Europe and her recordings have been heard worldwide. Her CDs "the Cathedral" and "Comfort" have been Grammy-nominated and her recording of the Carmen Miranda standard "Tico-Tico" was chosen by the German newspaper Die Welt as one of the "Top-Ten of the Week" according to radio listener response.

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"Standing ovations at the end of her program led Susan McDonald to play three more encores...one of the very greatest of her profession."
Weinheimer Nachrichten

Susan's concerts at Carnegie Hall and Wortham Center have brought as much delight to her listeners as have her gigs opening for the Dixie Chicks and for Stanley Jordan. President George Bush and Governor Ann Richards have enjoyed her playing as much as the patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The following description sums it all up:

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"She sat in a long red dress...her eyes shut and her fingers running over the strings, completely absorbed in the music and the feeling she was communicating... I saw the tremor of excitement ripple through the crowd."
Jewish Herald Voice

For information on booking Susan McDonald for a concert, please call 713 - 306 - 6512