Susan Boddie
Assistant Professor of Voice
- Ph.D., Pedagogy and Educational Philosophy
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 and Voice Area chair at 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站. 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 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 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
Scholarly Performances: (2025). Guest Soprano, Distinguished Artists in New York, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY New York, (Handel, Messiah). 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 (Cryin’ Time, Bob Becker, Can’t We Be Friends- John Pizarelli, duet). 2024, "The Glory of Christmas," Park Avenue Church, Guest Artist, Valdosta, GA. 2024, Faculty Recital Guest Singer, Whitehead Auditorium, GA (Dr. Ryan Smith, Cryin’ Time, Bob Becker). 2024, 蜜桃影像传媒有限公司网站 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. 2021. Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Guest Soprano Chorus, Glens Fall, NY Beethoven- Symphony No. 9 Bernstein- Chichester Psalms. 2021, Saint Rose Camerata Concert, Faculty Soloist Picotte Recital Hall, Albany, NY (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen – Schubert with oboe) 2021, Saint Rose Double Reed Ensemble Guest Artist Picotte Recital Hall, Albany, NY (Berk-A Moon and a Mountain Away, Narrator). Masterclass and Guest Lectures: Masterclass in Opera and Art Song Repertoire; Halifax Summer Opera Festival (2024); Masterclass in Musical Theatre and CCM songs, Lee University, TN (2023); Masterclass in Opera and Art Song Repertoire; Halifax Summer Opera Festival (2023); Guest lecturer – Spanish Diction; Valdosta State University Diction class (2023); Masterclasses in Classical and CCM Singing: Valdosta High School (Fall, 2022); Masterclasses in Classical and CCM Singing: North Atlanta High School (Fall, 2022); Guest lecturer – Freshman Seminar: Vocal and Mental Health and Self-Care (Fall, 2022); Guest lecturer – Vocal Anatomy and Health; Valdosta State University Theatre (2022); Guest lecturer – Spanish Diction; Valdosta State University Diction class (2022); Masterclasses in Classical and CCM Singing: Valdosta High School (2022); Masterclasses in CCM and Classical Singing; O Muse Music Academy (2020; 2021); New York State All-County Jazz; Vocal Jazz Clinician (Columbia County School District, NY, 2020).
1. Boddie, S. (2025). Role of Mrs. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol (play), Valdosta State University.
2. Boddie, S. (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.
3. Boddie, S. and Wise, S. (2024). Lecture recital: Works of Juliana Hall and Martha Hill Duncan. 2024 Music by Women International Festival. Columbus, MS, March 7-9, 2024.
4. Boddie, S. (2022). Chamber Lecture Recital with Dr. Sherwood Wise. International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, CO July 26-30, 2022.
5. Boddie, S. (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.