Suzanne Buerkle

Young American flutist and piccolo soloist Suzanne Buerkle is quickly ascending to the top of her
profession as a versatile player, who is equally adept in the symphonic and opera orchestra repertoire as
she is as a soloist and chamber musician. At home in a range of styles from the medieval to the
contemporary, Ms. Buerkle is sought after as a freelancer and soloist, appearing at festivals around the
country, and maintaining busy recital schedule, in a range of venues from coast to coast, throughout the
year.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Suzanne began her flute and piccolo studies with world renowned
Piccoloist, Jack Wellbaum, of the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,
followed by studies at Indiana University and University of Southern California with Thomas
Robertello and Jim Walker. Ms. Buerkle is in her 10th year as Piccolo Soloist with the Baton Rouge
Symphony Orchestra, and principal flute of the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, where she
collaborates with talented musicians from all over the world.
An avid educator and mentor to aspiring flutists, Ms. Buerkle re-established the flute program as a
distinguished Professor of Flute at Southeastern Louisiana University, and helped to develop and
implement the music therapy program for children with autism in collaboration with the Baton Rouge
Symphony. While managing a busy calendar of orchestral, chamber and solo engagements, Ms.
Buerkle is also proud to have reinvigorated the band program at the St. Jude school in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, a city in which, through her work with the public Kid’s Orchestra, she has also helped bring
music of lasting value to children in under-served communities.