Susan O’Brien
CHOIR DIRECTOR & VOCAL COACH
From an early age, Susan has always had something creative on the go. She quickly ran out of notes on the tiny toy keyboard she got when she was 7 and went on to sing in the church choir and play with a few bands. She would spend hours messing around on a portable home recording studio, rearranging songs she loved, sometimes writing her own.
She spent almost two decades singing at many wedding ceremonies, studying jazz and dabbling in the singer-songwriter scene before taking a break for a few years to figure out the whole motherhood thing. Susan is a mammy to a boy and twin girls who seem to be getting a little less little every time she blinks.
One of Susan’s favourite things to do is work with the SUSO HarMammies. She felt immediately at home when she walked into her first session with them. All the chaos, all the music, so much fun and a wonderful sense of belonging. She loves to work with all the different voices and her favourite thing is to help people’s confidence grow through song. Over the last while Susan has discovered that arranging songs for choirs is incredibly satisfying.
Susan is also a vocal coach with Modern Vocal Technique. She especially loves working with nervous singers and singers looking to find their own unique voice. She adores harmonies and working on backing vocals too.