Susan Porr is a native Virginian who grew up just across the Potomac River from our Nations’s Capital. From 1979 to 1982, she was a member of the United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”) in Washington, D.C. She received her Masters Degree from the Catholic University of America located in Washington, D.C. Susan has performed and soloed with numerous bands in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Canada and, most recently, she has soloed with the Harvard University Summer Band and the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra.
She is currently the Principal Clarinetist for the Newton Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony.