Gregoria Karides Suchy
American composer and educator
Gregoria Karides Suchy (November 14, 1923 – October 3, 2018) was an American composer and educator. Her music uses electroacoustic and Greek musical elements.
Biography
Karides Suchy was the daughter of Greek immigrants and was born on November 14, 1923 in Milwaukee. Her family was musical and she started playing piano and the accordion as a child in the family's band.
In 1945, she graduated from the Milwaukee State Teachers College, later University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, (UWM) and began teaching soon after. She taught at UWM for more than fifty years. In 2015, she earned the Distinguished Alumni Award from UWM.
Karides Suchy died on October 3, 2018. Her work was celebrated posthumously by the Crane School of Music on November 14, 2023. UWM offers a scholarship in her name for Music students.
Work
Karides Suchy began to create electroacoustic music in the 1960s.
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