Susan Dubois holds a bachelor's of music, magna cum laude, and master's of music from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate of musical arts from The Juilliard School. A native of San Diego, Susan Dubois comes to the University of North Texas from New York City, where she was the viola teaching assistant for Karen Tuttle. Dubois was the sole viola winner of Artists International's 23rd Annual Auditions and was presented in her solo New York recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall. She also was selected as a prizewinner and recitalist at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in the United Kingdom. Dubois has extensive experience as a chamber musician, performing and coaching throughout the Australia, South America and the United States, as a faculty member of the American Festival for the Arts and a former member of the Rackham String Quartet. Through appearances at music festivals such as Marlboro and La Jolla, she has performed with such notable artists as Lynn Harrell, David Soyer, David Finkel, Donald Weilerstein, Menahem Pressler and Carter Brey. Dubois was the principal violist of the Dallas Opera from 1997-1999, and currently is the principal violist for the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.
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