Suzanne Jubenville

Music Director

Suzanne Jubenville has enjoyed a varied musical career as a professional singer and choral director. Suzanne has performed and recorded with Kronos Quartet, Theatre of Voices, American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Magnificat, Sogni d'Oro and Bimbetta, among others. Suzanne has served as Artistic Director of the California Bach Society, and has directed the music programs at All Saints' Anglo-Catholic Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church of San Mateo, California, First Baptist Church of San Anselmo, California, and First American Baptist Church of Fontana, California. Suzanne also directed the High Holy Days Choir under Cantor David Margules at Temple Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, Calfiornia, for eight years, and currently sings in the High Holy Days Professional Choir at Temple Beth-El in Providence, Rhode Island under Cantor Judy Seplowin. Suzanne has been Alto Section Leader and Soloist for the choirs of St. Stephen's Church in Belvedere, California, and St. Luke's Church in San Francisco, California. Suzanne earned a Master of Arts degree in choral conducting from The Claremont Graduate University, where her studies emphasized early performance practice, and where she served as conductor of the graduate school's Collegium Musicum. She directed the choral program at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California, and has served on the music faculties of Dominican University, the College of Marin, and the San Francisco Early Music Society Medieval and Renaissance Summer Workshop. Suzanne holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California at Davis, where she served as Teaching Assistant to Paul Hillier and Jeffrey Thomas. She is also a published writer (short stories, essays, poetry, and flash literature), and enjoys teaching choral students of all ages.