Suzanne Lefevre

Instructional Assistant Professor

Suzanne LeFevre joined the faculty of the University of Houston Moores School of Music in 2012. She was appointed Instructional Assistant Professor of Viola and Coordinator of Chamber Music in 2018.  

Ms. LeFevre received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was recipient of the Strelow Scholarship, a full four-year tuition scholarship, and graduated with distinction.  After graduation, Ms. LeFevre studied for a year at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where she studied with Matthias Maurer, the principal violist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. She returned to the United States and enrolled at Yale University School of Music, where she studied under Jesse Levine and Kazu Isomura of the Tokyo Quartet. During her time at Yale she earned a Master of Music, an Artist Diploma specializing in chamber music, and was awarded the Elizabeth Battel Stoeckl Award for excellence in Chamber Music. 
 
Ms. LeFevre has been a member of the Houston Grand Opera since 2005 and plays regularly with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. She was the associate artistic director of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra from 2013-16 and has been co-principal viola in the ensemble since its founding in 2005. In 2014 she joined the faculty of Texas Strings Camp in Austin and has continual teaching engagements with the Omaha Conservatory Summer Institute.  
 
In addition to teaching, Ms. LeFevre has led an active orchestral and chamber music life. In the orchestral realm, she has held principal positions in Mercury Baroque and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and acting-assistant principal violist of the Charlotte Symphony. She has performed with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, the Nederlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Granada Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and the New Haven Symphony. Her recordings have included a project with Ahmad Jamal and the Assai Quartet, “Across Oceans” with music by Thomas Osbourne, and a library of online recordings with River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.  In the summer, Ms. LeFevre enjoys an active performing schedule. She continues to participate in the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Peninsula Music Festival, and Music on the Hill in Rhode Island.  Other festivals have included the Madison Chamber Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, and Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.  She has had the opportunity to collaborate with Lynn Harrell, Michael Tree, Ronald Leonard, and Johannes Moser. Ms. LeFevre’s previous teaching positions include Adjunct Professor of Viola at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1998-2000.