Retirement of Ms. Susan Saltus, Associate Music Director
Con Brio’s Associate Music Director Susan Saltus has announced her retirement in July 2025. Ms. Saltus has served in that role since 2009 with great distinction and has played many key roles in Con Brio’s success.
Con Brio thanks Susan Saltus for her extraordinary service and looks forward to the 2024-2025 concert season which will celebrate Susan and Steve’s unique contribution, culminating in Gala Farewell Concerts on April 5 and 6, 2025
Ms. Susan Saltus was appointed Associate Music Director and Accompanist and of Con Brio in June 2009.
Ms. Saltus received her B.A. in Music from Smith College, where she majored in organ performance and musicology. As a student, she also played bassoon, viola and glockenspiel.
She has held organist positions in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. As a choral singer, she has performed with the Berkshire Choral Festival and Harmonium Choral Society.
Since moving to Essex in 2000, Ms. Saltus has served on the boards of the Community Music School, Bach with Verse and Con Brio, and on the committee for the Collomore Music Series in Chester. She is a home care volunteer for Middlesex Hospice and Palliative Care. Also in 2000, she retired from American Re Asset Management as Managing Director – Equities.
