Suzanne Hilton's academic and musical career has included work as a piano instructor and performer, choral director, professional accompanist, and university faculty instructor. Her primary instrument is the piano, and she maintains a private practice in Arnold, MD, as a teacher of piano, theory and composition. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the State University of New York at Oswego and a Master of Arts degree in Music from the University of Maryland at College Park. She is a PhD candidate in Musicology at College Park and a student in the Theology and Religious Studies department at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She currently teaches at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD and American University in Washington, D.C.