Classical Backgrounds

Baroque, Renaissance & Flamenco Styles

 

 

PROUDLY PRESENTS…

 

 

Suzie Metzler

Classical Guitarist

Add her musical elegance to your next event.

 

    WEBSITE: http://www.oocities.org/suziemetzler

EMAIL:  suziemetzler@yahoo.com

PHONE:  (510) 533-1135

PAGER:  (510) 389-0127

 

 

Suzie’s Resume

 

Interest / Aptitude:

1962-72                     Amateur/Student

1972-82                     Professional musician

1990-present             Professional musician

 

Formal Instruction:

1974-1975                                  Private lessons w/Bradford Morrow, Boulder Colorado. 

Bradford Morrow studied in Italy under protégé of Andres Segovia.

1985-1986                                  Advanced instruction from Mike Florio, Tampa, Florida, a recording artist and

faculty member of University of Miami.

09/97-12/97               Studied with Juan Serrano, master flamenco player, Cal State, Fresno, CA.

 

Professional Experience:

1972-1982                 Solo artist, vocals & classical instrumentals, U.S., Europe, and Africa.

 

1990-present             Solo artist, instrumental only, baroque, renaissance & flamenco styles, U.S., Greece, Australia

(including private parties, weddings, corporate events too numerous to list below)

 

1990-1997                 Ft. Myers Women's Community Club, special events, high teas.

 

1991-1994                 The Cape Cafe, Cape Coral, Florida, long-term gig.

 

10/94-06/95               Captiva Art Café, Captiva Is, Fl, long-term gig.

 

12/95-05/97               Barnes & Noble Cafe, Ft. Myers, Florida, resident musician, bi-monthly concerts, long-term gig.

 

10/97-12/97               Barcelona Madrid Restaurant, Union City, CA, short-term gig.

 

09/98                          Special Event: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, corporate party for

recording industry  trade show held at Mosconi North.  

 

1/98-11/99                 Rue de Main Restaurant Francais, Hayward, CA, long-term gig.

           

08/00-04/01               The Fat Lady, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA, long-term gig.        

 

12/01-03/02               DeJardenia Living Floral Design & Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.  One of several resident musicians

for performance @ artists' receptions

 

09/02-present            Jack London Square, Oakland, CA.

                                    Part of the pool of musicians for performance & special events on stage in  front of Barnes & Noble.

           

Pro-Bono Performances:

1988-1991                 Member, The Classical Guitar Ensemble of Ft. Myers, Florida.

09/1991                      With Gulf Coast Opera Orchestra: "The Gondoliers," Ft. Myers.

1992-1994                 Various fundraisers for Octagon Wildfire Sanctuary, Ft. Myers.

1994-1997                 Art shows for Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Ft. Myers.

12/25/2000                Alta Bates Medical Center, patients' Christmas party, Berkeley, CA.

 

 

References:

 

Patricia Rossi,                                      Lila Finhill,                                        Dr. Sherie Walters, 

Owner                                                   Administrative Manager                  Julliard School of Music

The Fat Lady                                        I.C.S.I.                                              New York, NY

Oakland, CA                                         Berkeley, CA                                   Ph: (212)799-5000 [ext.282]

Ph: (510)465-4996                              Ph: (510)666-2980

 

 

 

Quotes about Suzie & her guitar…

                                     

"...as long as we have a restaurant, you've got a job…."

Fran & Leon Sabutis, Owners, The Cape Café, 1992

 

 

"...I like your (flamenco) style; you've got it in your veins..."

Pepe Alviro, Flamenco guitar master from Madrid, Spain @ The Cape Café, 1994

 

 

"...very nice...you sound like five guitars!"

Ted Koppel, Nightline, ABC News, @ The Captiva Art Café, 1996

 

 

"...your playing is really beautiful, thank you..."

Chris Wallace, ABC News, @ The Captiva Art Café, 1996

 

 

"...oh MY GOD, Darling, she's so cute...and she can PLAY!!..."

Arthur Roshenburg, highest paid living artist & Liz Taylor's favorite @ The Captiva Art Café, 1996

 

 

"...you've brought our café business up so much...you've got a real fan base...

sometimes people come in, ask for you and if you're not playing that night,

their disappointment is palpable..."

Erin Stoller, Café Mgr, @ Barnes & Noble, 1997

 

 

"...your style of playing really rounded out & gave perfect balance to the

other venues (rock/pop) at our party (@Yerba Buena)...everyone loved it..."

Christin Pocock, Marketing Mgr, Mix Magazine, organized recording

industry trade show Gala @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1998

 

 

"...you made our wedding more memorable than we ever could have imagined..."

Jaap & Patricia Romijn, @Smith-Romijn wedding, 1999

 

 

"...your playing is really fantastic...I wish I could play like that..."

John Stamos, Actor, Drummer w/The Beach Boys @ Jaap-Romijn wedding, 1999

 

 

"...you are good...every bit as good as Estaban, in fact, even better...

you're a clean player...you don't squeak your guitar strings..."

A patron @ The Fat Lady, 2000

 

 

"...you play with such confidence, boldness... I've never

seen a woman play like that...it's sexy and you're very, very good..."

Tom Whalen, Lead Guitarist, Eight to the Bar, int'l renown swing band, @ The Fat Lady, 2001

 

 

"...Not only are you a very talented musician, you were always professional & gracious,

setting up quickly, on time, taking up very little space...

you were a delight to have in my restaurant..."

Patricia Rossi, Owner, The Fat Lady, 2001

 

 

 

Suzie Metzler

CLASSICAL GUITARIST

 

    WEBSITE: http://www.oocities.org/suziemetzler

EMAIL:  suziemetzler@yahoo.com

PHONE:  (510) 533-1135

PAGER:  (510) 389-0127

 

Add her musical elegance to your next event.

 

 

 

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