Pianist Sue Witham is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium where she studied piano with Max Olding & was a winner of the Conservatorium Medal for Excellence. This was followed by lessons in piano accompaniment with Geoffrey Parsons in London.
Sue is well known as a chamber musician and accompanist. She has made many broadcasts for the ABC and appeared as a keyboard player with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. As well as teaching piano and taking piano ensembles, she examines for the AMEB, conducts workshops, and adjudicates Eisteddfods and Competitions throughout Queensland.
Sue is co-founder and past president of the Accompanists Guild of Queensland. In 1996 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study Piano Accompaniment Programmes in the USA, UK, Italy & Germany.
As a life member of the Dante Alighieri Society, Sue has organised many concerts of Italian music, and in 1998 was awarded a scholarship for advanced Italian language study in Florence. In 1997 she received from the Society’s headquarters in Rome, the Bronze Medal and Certificate of Merit.