Alum
Suzanna Sifter
Position
Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-8353
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Career Highlights
- Composer and pianist for own groups
- Former pianist for Tony Lada Quartet
- Jazz festival adjudicator and clinician
- Original compositions "Lines for Charlie" featured on Dino Govoni's In the Library and "Victor Blue" featured on Tony Lada's On the Edge
- Recordings as a leader include "Flowers for You," "Awakening," "The Illumination," and "Sophisticated Lady"
- Performances with Dave Clark, Dino Govoni, Yoron Israel, Tony Lada, John LaPorta, Alan Dawson, Bruce Gertz, and Casey Scheuerell
- Private lessons with Charlie Banacos, Hal Crook, and Dave Holland
- Authored and teaches Upper Structure Triad Applications 1 and 2, courses that study USTs as applied to tension-specific chords for jazz comping, harmonizing melodies with upper and lower structure triads, reharmonization of standard songs, and improvisation using triads
- Publications include Berklee Jazz Keyboard Harmony: Using Upper Structure Triads (Hal Leonard/Berklee Press)
Education
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School NameBerklee College of MusicState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeBachelor of Music (BM)Field of StudyMusic
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School NameNew England ConservatoryDegreeMaster of Music (MM)Field of StudyMusic
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