Susan Bettaney (ARMCM, Perf/Teach/Accomp)

Born in Manchester, she won a scholarship at 16 to the Royal Manchester College of Music studying piano and voice. She performed extensively as solo pianist and accompanist and was a former member of the BBC Northern Singers.

Susan was appointed to Chetham’s School of Music Manchester in 1969 and her work as performer and teacher has taken her to many countries including Siberia, Lithuania, Austria,

Norway , Belgium. She is an experienced adjudicator, speaker and has worked giving master classes and teaching on the Chetham’s Annual Summer School.

Susan is passionate about her work as secretary of the “Friends of Chetham’s” who’s aims are to support and raise money for the school through events and Heritage Evenings.

She is currently Vice Chair of EPTA UK and on the executive committee of the European Organisation which encompasses 38 member countries She particularly enjoys playing the Piano Duet repertoire and has represented EPTA UK in Cyprus, Rome and Novi Sad, Serbia. She has also attended the EPTA conferences in Budapest, Austria and Madeira.

As EPTA UK Young Artists Organiser she has put on many events throughout the UK and has recently returned from an exciting and stimulating concert tour to Norway (in partnership with Elin Person, EPTA Norway) where EPTA Young Artists (UK) and those from the Bergen School of Music Norway took part in concerts in Hardanger and Troldhaugen in a celebration of Grieg’s piano music.