Suzannah Park Bio

 Suzannah Park comes from a family of three generations of traditional singers, storytellers and dancers. She has been touring and teaching for the past thirty years, both in the USA and abroad. Born in Asheville NC, she grew up bouncing back and forth between Asheville and Chicago where she was immersed in the folk music scene in both communities. Growing up there was always a song to sing, a harmony to add, a dance to jump into or a story to tell.

Suzannah is the founder and director of the Wild Asheville Community Chorus (WACC) and is currently a member of the traditional music faculty and Choir Director at Warren Wilson College. She is a founding member of the Starry Mountain Singers and the Starry Mountain Trio.

Since 2000, Suzannah has been teaching with Vermont-based world music organization, Village Harmony and since 2021 has been their artistic driector.

She has a robust collection of private students, and she coaches vocal ensembles, leads choirs and workshops, and is a guest teacher and lecturer at schools and universities.

Suzannah's rich and powerful voice, and her enthusiastic and captivating teaching have led her to become a renowned and sought after singer and teacher. With her joyous and intuitive teaching style, born of a lifetime of familiarity with traditional music, she can coax complex harmony and powerful performances from her students. Whether she’s teaching ballads, a South African village song or Appalachian clogging, laughter and good times abound. 

Wild Asheville Community Chorus

In 2008, Suzannah and her singing partner, Nathan Morrison, began the Wild Asheville Community Chorus (WACC) as a fun hometown project. It started with twelve friends singing in their living room and has since grown to 100 singers per season. They co-led WACC through 2017, at which point Nathan moved on to other projects and is now a fabulous artisanal sourdough bread baker.

The choir is in full swing as we start our 17th year. Come on out and sing your heart out with us!