Susan Ricci Rogel, a member of Theta Chapter, was the featured pianist in a special Black History Program presented by the St. Louis Catholic Church in Clarksville, Maryland on Sunday, February 21, 2021.
Susan is a highly sought-after collaborative pianist, teacher and vocal coach in the Washington, D.C. area. She has collaborated in concerts held at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in NYC, the Chautauqua Institute, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DAR Constitution Hall, Strathmore Hall, the Barns of Wolf Trap, the Lyceum in Alexandria and the Arts Club of Washington.
The Black History program, presented on YouTube, featured an impressive list of artists, including Aundi Marie Moore, Met Opera Soprano from Chesapeake, Virginia, and the possessor of a voice of “clarion beauty,” (The Washington Post); Duane Moody, tenor, and special guest, whose humble beginnings occurred in Southeast Washington; and Michael Bowie who recently assumed the Bass Tech teacher position at the Duke Ellington School for The Arts in Washington, DC.