Susan has considerable operatic experience having performed in London productions of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (Capital Opera), Puccini's La Rondine and Tosca, Bizet's The Pearl Fishers and Cilea's Adrianna, Massenet's Wether (Roles of Charlotte and Katchen) Verdi's Stiffelio, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Beethoven's Fidelio (Opera Holland Park).

In concert Susan has sung in Szymanowski’s King Roger (conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at Salzburg International Music Festival) and in Stravinsky’s Les Noces in the Bath International Music Festival. She has performed in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and in the world premiere of Judith Weir’s Storm at the BBC Proms. In 2001 Susan was one of the soloists (along with former Young Musician of the Year Guy Johnston) in the premiere of Karl Jenkins The Armed Man’s Mass for Peace, at the Royal Albert Hall, and subsequently recorded the work for Virgin records later featured on Classic FM.

Other major solo appearances have included a selection of Brahms' Lieder at St Phillips Cathedral in Birmingham (with the CBSO) and Berlioz's Les nuits d’ete at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, both in 1999.

Susan was selected to appear and perform in a major Hollywood film called if only in which she sings "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, released in 2004. She has recently performed a selection of Puccini arias at Symphony Hall and sang the roles of Solveig and Anita in the complete version of Greig's Peer Gynt suite at the Royal College of Music.

Susan has participated in master classes with many distinguished musicians including Sir Robert Tear, Sarah Walker, Roger Vignoles and Jane Manning. She was selected to perform at an opera master class with Terry Edwards and Sir David Willcocks, at the Royal Opera's Lindbury Studio which was televised on BBC 2. Susan has toured the Netherlands, America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, and recently gave her first vocal master class, in Australia.

Other previous engagements include "Fedon" in Eric Satie's Socrates in April, "Ida" in Die Fledermaus by Strauss this summer, and an appearance on the UK Living Channel's "Culture" programme, teaching a pub landlord to appreciate opera.