
Susan Boddie
Assistant Professor of Voice
- Ph.D., Education
University of Calgary - M.M., Vocal Performance
Manhattan School of Music - B.M., Vocal Performance
New England Conservatory of Music
Dr. Susan Boddie, soprano is Assistant Professor of Voice, Voice Area Chair and the Graduate Coordinator for Music at 魅色天堂. She has been teaching and performing internationally for over 20 years. Originally from St. John's, Newfoundland, she holds the BM from the New England Conservatory of Music, MM in from the Manhattan School of Music and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Calgary. Classically, she has studied and coached under Patricia Misslin, Edward Zambara, Phyllis Curtin, Warren Jones, Renée Fleming, Samuel Ramey, Dawn Upshaw and others. Dr. Boddie is also a specialist in CCM Vocal Pedagogy. She has studied privately with Jeannette LoVetri in New York, (creator of Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method) and holds all levels of Somatic Voicework™ as well as certification from the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory. Musical theatre voice, acting coaches and masterclass clinicians have included Susan Batson, Carlos Leon, Mary Setrakian, Matthew Edwards, and Marcelle Gauvin. Higher Education appointments included the College of Saint Rose, Acadia, Dalhousie, and St. Francis Xavier Universities, and the Education faculty of Mount Saint Vincent University. Dr. Boddie is an active member of MTEA, NATS, PAVA, NAfME, CMS, and the Somatic Voicework™ Teacher's Association. She is the Treasurer of Georgia NATS. Further, she has won excellence in teaching awards from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Dr. Boddie is published in peer reviewed journals and presents her research at interdisciplinary conferences.
As an actor, some of Boddie’s highlights include Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Emma in Jekyll and Hyde, Mother Abbess in the Sound of Music, Lily in the Secret Garden, Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress, Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol. Other highlights include W;t by Margaret Edson, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Street Scene, and The Music Man. As a singer she has performed as soprano soloist for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Coronation Mass, and Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. Equally comfortable on stage and in recital, Boddie as performed roles in Le Nozze di Figaro, Falstaff, Candide, Così fan Tutte and others.
Courses Taught
MUSC 1420- Private Voice (BA)
MUSC 1440- Private Voice (BM)
MUSC 3420- Upper Division Private Voice (BA)
MUSC 3440- Upper Division Private Voice (BM)
MUSC 3610- Applied Music for Minors
MUSC 3710- Upper Division Secondary Voice Lessons
MUSC 4750- Vocal Pedagogy
MUSC 4511- Song Literature I
MUSC 5101- Graduate Diction I
MUSC 5102- Graduate Diction II
MUSC 7370- Vocal Methods (MAT)
MUSC 7440- Private Voice (MMP)
MUSC 7750- Vocal Pedagogy (MMP)
THEA 3020- Musical Theatre Applied Voice
THEA 4020- Musical Theatre Applied Voice
Research Interests
Vocal Pedagogy, Educational Philosophy, Phenomenology, Performance Practice.
Scholarship Highlights
Performance Highlights:
2025, Guest Soprano, Distinguished Artists in New York, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY New York.
2025, Faculty Recital Guest Faculty Artist, Whitehead Auditorium, GA (Dr. Sherwood Wise).
2025, A Chamber Recital, Maila and David Springfield, Guest Artist. Howard Auditorium, Tifton, GA.
2025, Role of Mrs. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol (play), 魅色天堂 Department of Theatre and Dance.
2024, "The Glory of Christmas," Park Avenue Church, Guest Artist, Valdosta, GA.
2024, Faculty Recital Guest Singer, Whitehead Auditorium, GA (Dr. Ryan Smith).
2024, Role of Mrs. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol (play), 魅色天堂 Department of Theatre and Dance.
2024, 魅色天堂 Wind Ensemble, Guest Artist, Valdosta, GA (Tichelli, Angels in the Architecture).
2024, 2023, 2022. Faculty Chamber Recital, Valdosta, GA.
2021, Camerata Faculty Camerata Concert Faculty Recital with Double Reeds, Recital Artist Picotte Recital Hall, Albany, NY.
Conference and Pubilshing Highlights:
2025, “Expanding the Art Song Canon Studied by Undergraduate Voice Students in North America.” Edulearn25, International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma de Mallorca (virtual), June 30-July 2, 2025.
2022, Chamber Lecture Recital with Dr. Sherwood Wise. International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, CO July 26-30, 2022.
2021, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Guest Soprano Chorus, Glens Fall, NY Beethoven- Symphony No. 9 Bernstein- Chichester Psalms.
2020, “Freedom and Responsibility in the Student-Teacher Relationship in Higher Education Transitioned to Online Voice Instruction: Consideration of the Influence of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Principles.” EDULEARN 20 Conference Proceedings, 2020, pp. 6820-6826.