Suzanne Thorpe

Suzanne Thorpe, PhD, is a performer, sound artist and scholar. She couples critical listening with acoustic ecology, improvisation and technology to craft relational and immersive sound engagements with electronic and acoustic instruments. With her practice, Thorpe reveals dynamics within human cultures and nature's systems, establishing discourse amongst ourselves and our environment to support interspecies empathy, understanding and climate advocacy. 

Thorpe has performed and exhibited internationally at venues such as The New Museum (NY), Issue Project Room (NY), Roulette (NY), Caramoor Center for Music and Art (NY), Constellation (Chicago), UCLA Royce Hall (CA), Royal Albert Hall (UK), Paradiso (NL), (Roskilde (DK), Q02 (Brussels) and more. Additionally, she has contributed to a significant discography as a founding member of the critically acclaimed American group Mercury Rev, with whom she earned a Gold record from the Recording Industry Association of America. Her work has also been supported by grants and residencies from NYSCA, New Music USA, the MAP Fund. 

Thorpe is currently Assistant Professor of Sound Studies at Manhattan University, a Visiting Scholar at New York University, and remains co-founder and director of TECHNE, a nonprofit arts-education organization dedicated to dismantling social and cultural barriers in technical learning environments. 

For more information visit suzannethorpe.com