Susan Hagen

Susan Hagen

Bass teacher

Instrument: Double Bass (Classical)
Level: Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced
Cost: $110/hr
Bio: For the past 15 seasons Susan has spent most of her time performing as an extra player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including touring with them through the US and Canada. She also spends much time performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra and is on many Boston Symphony and Boston Pops recordings. Susan is also the principal double bassist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the first female ever to do so, and has been a featured soloist with them! Susan performed at the International Society of Bassists Convention in 2015 with world-renowned electric bassist Steve Bailey and continues to collaborate with him, is featured on his latest album entitled “Carolina” and has also recorded pieces on Victor Wooten & Steve Bailey’s latest Bass Extremes album “S’low Down.” Since March 2020, Susan has recorded more than 90 pieces and has given premieres of over 50 pieces in online recitals. In August 2018, Susan gave the US premiere of David Heyes' "Seven Last Words from the Cross" in Rochester, NY, and has also commissioned and/or given premieres of double bass music composed by David Heyes, Símon García, Lloyd Goldstein, Rodrigo Mata, Luis Guillermo Pérez, Mary Rae, P. Kellach Waddle, and Martin Wind, among others. Also, since March 2020, Susan has given 8 solo recitals and has teamed up with her father, guitarist/electric bassist Roy Hagen, arranging and performing music - from French art songs to current pop tunes. All money raised at these concerts has been donated to charities worldwide. Susan was invited to give a solo recital in honor of Teppo Hauta-aho and Frank Proto at the International Society of Bassists’ 2021 virtual Convention. Susan is a founding member of The League of Women Bassists, which will be holding their inaugural conference in January 2023, where Susan will be a Keynote Speaker and a Recitalist. Ms. Hagen has been a guest of Jason Heath’s Contrabass Conversations multiple times as well as No Treble Magazine’s “Wonderwomen” series. Susan recently published a book of Warm Ups for double bassists called “BASSics of Bass” which can be purchased through her website or at https://dbbpublications.gumroad.com/l/bassicsofbass Susan has been a soloist with the Harvard Summer School Orchestra, Boston Conservatory String Ensemble, the Warren (Ohio) Philharmonic, the Waltham (MA) Philharmonic, and the Sharon Community Chamber Orchestra. In November of 2022, she will give the US premiere of Simón García’s Concerto for Amplified Double Bass & Strings with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra (MA) and again with the Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2023.
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MBTA Accessible in Boston. By car in Peabody

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