Bio
Suzannah Rose, a pianist and educator, holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Brigham Young University, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Utah.
Suzannah has participated in various competitions and masterclasses, including the Utah Symphony’s Salute to Youth competition, where she was a finalist in 2015, 2016, and 2018. In 2018 she placed 1st in the UMTA Piano Concerto Competition, senior division, and in 2015, placed 1st in the Salt Lake Piano Competition Concerto event. She was selected as a Gina Bachauer Masterclass participant in 2015, where she performed in masterclasses with Joseph Rackers and Marina Lomazov. Suzannah has also performed in masterclasses with Paula Da Matta from the Federal State University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Frank Weinstock from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Angela Cheng from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Boris Berman from Yale, Cahill Smith from Utah State University, and with Christopher O’Riley, host of the weekly National Public Radio program, From the Top. Suzannah has performed several times at the Assembly Hall at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah: as an accompanist for cellist Francesca Rose in 2017, as
a soloist at the UMTA concerto competition winners recital in 2018, and as a member of the Pentasuite Quintet, also in 2018. At the age of 15, Suzannah performed a solo piano recital in a similar venue: the Tabernacle in St. George, Utah. In January 2020, Suzannah soloed with the Utah Philharmonia as a 1st place winner of the University of Utah School of Music Concerto Competition. Over the last several years Suzannah has also had experience as a wedding pianist, providing elegant background music for weddings from St. George to Mill Creek Canyon.
A member of the Pentasuite Quintet, Suzannah was selected for the quarter-finals of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. She returned to the stage with the quintet in June of that year, performing at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as 1st Place winners of the American Protégé International Competition. Two years later, in March 2020, Suzannah advanced to the semi-finals of the New England International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition as part of the Rose and Liu Piano Duo. She was also awarded 1st Prize in the Undergraduate Solo Division of the University of Utah’s SummerArts Competition in 2019, earning a $1,000 scholarship.
In 2014, Suzannah had the opportunity to perform in Tokyo, Japan, at the Toho School of Music as a member of Young Pianists International. In the summer of 2024, she lived in Vienna, Austria for seven weeks as part of a study abroad experience through Brigham Young University, where she deepened her musical knowledge, training and cultural appreciation. During this time, she studied piano with professors Antoinette Van Zabner, Markus Prause, and Jura Margulis, as well as András Kemenes of the Liszt Academy. Her time abroad also included travel and musical exploration throughout Central Europe, including visits to Salzburg, Hallstatt, Linz, Mauthausen, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Leipzig, and several cities in Italy, such as Venice, Florence, Siena, and Cinque Terre.
Suzannah has enjoyed teaching piano lessons since she was 14 years old, and continues to maintain a private music studio, introducing the next generation of young pianists to the joys of music-making. She has over a decade of teaching experience during which she has taught music students in many different settings: at Brigham Young University as a graduate instructor, privately in her own studio both in-person and online, and at Washington Elementary as a volunteer for the University of Utah Student Outreach Program. In addition to teaching privately, she currently holds faculty positions at the University of Utah Preparatory Division teaching piano lessons and group beginning piano classes, and at the Gifted Music School teaching Advanced Music Theory. She also accompanies ballet classes at both the University of Utah and Ballet West Academy.
Over the years, Suzannah has been an active member of MTNA, holding leadership positions in collegiate chapters and presenting at both state and national conferences. From 2021-2023, she held the position of Vice President of the University of Utah MTNA Collegiate Student Chapter, an organization that helps to improve and promote high quality teaching, research, and scholarship in music. She also held the positions of Vice President (2021-2022) and President (2022-2023) of the Society of 88 Keys, a student organization at the University of Utah that writes FAF Grants to provide funding for masterclasses, lectures, and other events that help to benefit and enrich the education of music students at the UofU, as well as the wider Salt Lake community. While at Brigham Young University, Suzannah held leadership positions in the BYU MTNA Collegiate Chapter as Treasurer (2023–2024) and Secretary (2024-2025).
Adjudicators have praised Suzannah on her “beautiful shimmering tone” (Stephen Beus, BYU), and her “brilliant dexterity; you make [the music] sound easy” (Ksenia Ilinykh, UVU, Gifted Music School). Suzannah started her journey on the piano when she was 3 years old, after her mother noticed her playing tunes by ear on the keyboard.
When she’s not at the piano, Suzannah enjoys reading, kayaking, and word games.