Susan Macy, clarinetist, is an active teacher and freelance performer in the Bay Area. She plays regularly with West Bay Opera and Santa Cruz Symphony. Susan is a full time teacher with the Palo Alto Unified School District, and works as a clarinet specialist leading over two hundred 5th graders on their start to clarinet playing each year.

Susan's master’s degree in clarinet performance is from New England Conservatory of Music. She studied extensively with Stanley Hasty, Michael Webster, Rosarrio Mazzeo and Dominic Fera. Her bass clarinet studies were with Don Carroll.

Susan spends her spare time doing organic vegetable gardening and vegan cooking.