About Susan

What's new for Susan Groeschel Lovelette, soprano? 
She's starting a new journey - musically, spiritually and literally - by going back on the road to share:

  • 40 years' experience in musical theater, opera, concert performance and devotion programming
  • a mature and vibrant bel canto soprano
  • a love of singing well-known and rarely-heard classical repertoire as well as popular song with a classical flair
  • an uncommon experience of hearing classical vocal music live; and
  • her hope to reveal the love of God through the beauty of music

Why this new adventure now? 

  • To answer God's calls: 
    • To sing: Praying what to do next with her voice, a friend approached and asked, "When are you going to sing me an Ave?" 
    • To pray: Asking a Diocesan Director of Worship why he wanted her to sing for an ordination and to teach cantors, he replied "because you know how to pray when you sing."
    • To trust: Contemplating scripture reflections in a retreat garden, a kind voice asked, "Are you done?" (struggling, trying to do this on your own?) After a half hour of heart-to-heart laughter, "Yes!"
    •  To serve: 
  • To love others by helping as many people as possible encounter Christ in song. (Regnum Christi #166)
  • Because she can travel again - far and wide!

How is she related to the late Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel C.F.R.?
He is her first cousin. See the Photos page for more.

What is Susan known for?

  • a clear, bell-tone soprano
  • bringing music, lyrics and scripture alive
  • connecting with an audience
  • programs that engage and inspire
  • her joy, laugh, humor and compassion

Why types of music has she sung?

  • Musical Theatre
  • Opera
  • Oratorio
  • Great American Songbook
  • Sacred music from chant to contemporary

Where has she performed?

  • Catholic basilicas, cathedrals, churches and retreat centers 
  • Opera houses, concert halls, theaters and amphitheaters 
  • Schools, stadiums, restaurants, private clubs and rose gardens 
  • Nursing homes and hospitals 
  • Cruise ships, trains, barges and circus tents 
  • 48 of the 50 United States and the United Nations 
  • Throughout France and Spain and around the world 
  • What are a few performance highlights?
    • Central Park, NYC, as Violetta in La Traviata with the New York Grand Opera, for 12,000 
    • ????? Opera House in Paris, as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Sevilla
    • Carnegie Hall and Weill Hall, NYC, 4 times 
    • The Amphitheater in Ephesus, Turkey - Ave Maria
    • Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC - cantor/psalmist of Harrisburg Diocese Pilgrimage Mass - Ave Maria
    • Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ, - the funeral of her cousin, Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. - Panis Angelicus

Where has Susan lived, chronologically:

  • Lancaster, PA
  • South Bend, IN
  • Innsbruck, Austria
  • New York, NY - 17 years
  • Lancaster, PA
  • Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Bryan, TX

Where has she studied:

  • Manheim Township High School, Lancaster, PA
  • The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
    B. Mus. in Voice & B.A. in Theater
  • Universitaats Innsbruck, Austria and Milan, Italy
  • Various private vocal coaching and acting studios in NYC and elsewhere
  • Voice studios of Monte Ralstin, Rodney Miller, Eugen Sardelic and Thomas Hauser

  • National Association of Pastoral Musicians conferences and workshops