Susan Anders

Here are The Zia Singers performing the wonderful "What Happens When a Woman?" by Alexandra Olsavsky 5/31/26 in Santa Fe. That's yours truly in the center starting it all. I love this piece and love the message. Thank you Zia…

I joined The Zia Singers when I moved to Santa Fe and we now have 65 members. Our spring concert features the wonderful "Washington Women" by Judith Clurman and David Chase—the text is culled from speeches and writing of Michelle…

Well, this is sweet: NOW I'M A KITE is a finalist for album of the year at the New Mexico Music Awards!  It's also up for  best pop album and best song arrangement (for I Quit Blaming You). I…

I'm having loads of fun doing choral arranging-- currently I'm doing a suite of choral arrangements of 5-6 songs from 13 WOMEN. The first one, “A Wave That Rocks Me”, was performed by the Zia Singers three weeks ago…

A late to arrive but very nice review just appeared--thank you, Tom Haugen at TAKE EFFECT. "The songs are introspective, mature and insightful, where Anders’ inimitable voice engages us from beginning to end."

The Zia Singers musical director John Tiranno and I did several fun interviews to get the word out about "Voices of Life, Voices of Light", our winter concerts happening Jan 10/11th here in Santa Fe. My piece "A Wave That…

The Zia Singers are in high gear as we prepare for our winter concert. All of the pieces are by women composers, including “A Wave That Rocks Me” by yours truly. There are some powerful works in this concert, including…

Better late than never: this nice review of NOW I'M A KITE appeared in hard copy months ago but just now showed up online. Thank you for the alliteration Lee Zimmerman at Blanknews!

“Susan Anders is a special talent.…

A couple of years ago my composer friend Kristina Olsen dared me to do a choral arrangement of one of my songs. Eventually I did, and then she dared me to pitch it to John Tiranno, the director of…