Susan Ricci Rogel is a highly sought-after collaborative pianist, teacher and vocal coach in the Philadelphia area. She has collaborated in concerts held at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in NYC, the Chautauqua Institute, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DAR Constitution Hall, Strathmore Hall, the Barns of Wolf Trap, the Lyceum in Alexandria and the Arts Club of Washington. Earning both her Bachelor and Masters Degrees from the University of Maryland, graduating summa cum laude, Ms. Rogel’s teachers include Andor Kiszely, Bradford Gowen, Robert McCoy, Evelyn Garvey and Arlene Shrut and she has been personally coached by composers Richard Hundley, Lori Laitman and William Bolcom. 

Ms. Rogel was on the music faculty of Prince George’s Community College from 1991-2016. She also was the assistant director and accompanist for the Chesapeake Chorale, a post she held for twenty-five years. She has worked frequently with The United States Army Field Band Soldiers’ Chorus as a coach and accompanist. Since 2005, Ms. Rogel has been the musical director and pianist for Classical FX, a Washington D.C. area vocal quartet. A member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers and the Music Teachers National Association for more than thirty years, Ms. Ricci has been an active adjudicator for both the Guild and many local music teachers’ associations. In 2018, mezzo soprano Dr. Leneida Crawford and Ms. Rogel released their CD, “Roots and Soil: Art Songs of the U.S.,” which features the compositions of Hundley, Bolcom, Laitman and other American composers. 

Ms. Rogel has been the music director/choir director for Good Samaritan Lutheran Church (1989-2005), Christian Community Presbyterian Church (2006-2018) and Our Shepherd Lutheran Church Severna Park, working in a variety of styles ranging from Baroque to Contemporary Christian. She is currently on the music faculty at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania and maintains an active private piano and vocal coaching studio.