Suzanne Lorge

Vocalist Suzanne Lorge has three decades of performing experience on global stages, among them the prestigious Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Radio City Music Hall in her hometown of New York City. She’s also contributed to scores of albums, animated films, and commercials as a lead, guest, or backup singer. In addition, she’s recorded two solo albums, Wild Birds (2016, 2020 re-release) and Dark Sky, Waiting (2023).

While her primary mode of musical expression is contemporary jazz, over the years she’s worked across several genres. Notable collaborators include jazz pianists Frank Kimbrough, John DiMartino, and David Budway; celebrated operatic tenor Francisco Casanova; rock guitarist Paul Reed Smith; and award-winning television and theater composer Lanny Meyers.

When not singing, Suzanne writes about music, culture, and business. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR.com, Huffington Post, The Washington Times, and Institutional Investor magazine. She writes features and reviews regularly for Downbeat magazine and a monthly column on vocal jazz for The New York City Jazz Record.

Through her work as music journalist, Suzanne has interviewed some of her most admired performing artists: Glenn Close, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Jon Batiste, Carla Bley, Kurt Elling, Darcy James Argue, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Cassandra Wilson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Norma Winstone, and Vijay Iyer, among others. For the curious, she reprints these articles on her website blog, Five Music Minutes—a quick hit of musical goodness in five minutes or less.  

In addition, Suzanne spent 10 years as a playwright and actor with the Meisner Playwrights Lab at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City.  

Suzanne holds a BA in Modern Languages & Literature from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., an MA in Music Performance & Composition from New York University, and a Music Marketing Specialist certificate from Berklee College of Music. For more information about Suzanne's writing, visit her online portfolio at Clippings.me.

Awards

Quarterfinalist, American Traditions Competition, 2017

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