Sue is best known for her work as a composer, producer, and performer at the acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she has been regularly commissioned to create music for theater, dance, and video productions. She is also a director and founding member of the Terra Nova Consort, an ensemble dedicated to exploring the roots of today’s world music. Equally at home in modern and historic musical worlds, Carney’s performances effortlessly cover genres from jazz, blues, and rock; to flamenco, Latin and world music. Her songs & compositions likewise draw inspiration from the many musical realms she has explored in her unconventional career.

Also active as an educator, she lectures regularly at Southern Oregon State University, and is currently in residence as a music instructor at Siskiyou Waldorf School, in Ashland. In addition, Sue presents her educational creations “Musical Origins: From the Stone Age to the Post-Industrial Present” and “Music of Shakespeare’s Time” to audiences throughout the West.

Sue has recently completed courses at The Sound Training Centre, in Dublin, Ireland, where she studied Contemporary Technology, Music Production, and Sound Design, learning the latest 21st century techniques for creating music live and in the studio.