Susannah was a fine pianist and composer, many of her compositions, having been published. Her musical studies were started with Hilda Brown, in Chicago, then with Victor Garwood, followed by a full course at the North-western University Music School, where she obtained the bachelor degree. Susannah then spent a year in Germany, and studied with Arthur Schnabel and after she returned to Chicago with Levine. Due to her sorority connections she was given an opportunity to go to the MacDowell Colony at Peterboro, N.H. This proved to be most stimulating and helpful in her musical composition. So much so that she welcomed the opportunities of attendance in following years. For a number of years she was connected with the music department of New Trier Township High School. In 1934, she decided to go to New York and was sufficiently successful, through her musical ability, to make her way there. She had arranged to return and continue her work there, but marriage changed her plans. Latterly vacation times have been divided between home and Peterboro. It was there she met her husband, Laurence Vail Coleman, in 1938.
When, as a girl, Susannah began to show great musical promise, her admiring uncle, Otis A. Poole, gave her a Steinway Grand Piano to encourage her aspirations, which has been a great joy to her through the years, and which she still has. After their marriage, Susannah and Laurence lived for many years in an apartment in Washington, DC. In 1951/2 they lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, owning their own house in Wayside Place, but returned to city life in Washington.
When, as a girl, Susannah began to show great musical promise, her admiring uncle, Otis A. Poole, gave her a Steinway Grand Piano to encourage her aspirations, which has been a great joy to her through the years, and which she still has. After their marriage, Susannah and Laurence lived for many years in an apartment in Washington, DC. In 1951/2 they lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, owning their own house in Wayside Place, but returned to city life in Washington.
Susannah was a fine pianist and composer, many of her compositions, having been published. Her musical studies were started with Hilda Brown, in Chicago, then with Victor Garwood, followed by a full course at the North-western University Music School, where she obtained the bachelor degree. Susannah then spent a year in Germany, and studied with Arthur Schnabel and after she returned to Chicago with Levine. Due to her sorority connections she was given an opportunity to go to the MacDowell Colony at Peterboro, N.H. This proved to be most stimulating and helpful in her musical composition. So much so that she welcomed the opportunities of attendance in following years. For a number of years she was connected with the music department of New Trier Township High School. In 1934, she decided to go to New York and was sufficiently successful, through her musical ability, to make her way there. She had arranged to return and continue her work there, but marriage changed her plans. Latterly vacation times have been divided between home and Peterboro. It was there she met her husband, Laurence Vail Coleman, in 1938.
When, as a girl, Susannah began to show great musical promise, her admiring uncle, Otis A. Poole, gave her a Steinway Grand Piano to encourage her aspirations, which has been a great joy to her through the years, and which she still has. After their marriage, Susannah and Laurence lived for many years in an apartment in Washington, DC. In 1951/2 they lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, owning their own house in Wayside Place, but returned to city life in Washington.
When, as a girl, Susannah began to show great musical promise, her admiring uncle, Otis A. Poole, gave her a Steinway Grand Piano to encourage her aspirations, which has been a great joy to her through the years, and which she still has. After their marriage, Susannah and Laurence lived for many years in an apartment in Washington, DC. In 1951/2 they lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, owning their own house in Wayside Place, but returned to city life in Washington.
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