Department of Music

Susan Mayo Cello Instructor Department of Music, Box 4029 Emporia State University Emporia, KS 66801-5087 (620) 341-5439 smayo@emporia.edu

 

MME,Wichita State University
Teaching Certificate,Wichita State University
BM, University of the Pacific, Cello Performance

Susan Mayo is an instructor of cello at Emporia State University.  She is also a faculty member at Friends University, and has taught at Bethel College, Wichita State University, Northern Arizona University, and in the Wichita Public Schools.  She is a member of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Quartetto da Camera, ZHM, Music Theatre of Wichita Orchestra, is  principal cellist with the Newton Mid-Kansas Orchestra, and performs extensively in the region. She has participated in a variety of summer festivals including, Spoleto, Ameropa, Flagstaff Summer Music Festival, and the Oregon Coast Music Festival.

Mayo studied at the University of the Pacific, the Peabody Conservatory, Wichita State University and is currently pursuing her DMA at the University of Kansas. An active clinician in string and chamber music, she has coached in many regional events as well as the Ameropa Festival in Prague.