Suzanne Nance

Suzanne Nance is an American singer (soprano), actress, and radio and television personality.

Nance (left) being interviewed in the studios of KQAC radio in 2019

Nance earned a bachelor of music degree from Syracuse University in New York before earning a masters degree from DePaul University in Chicago.^[1] She was a faculty member of the Cappelli Institute of Music in Chicago (professor of voice), and simultaneously, a host and a producer at Aspen Public Radio in Aspen, Colorado. In September 2007, she became the music director of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.^[2] She also hosted its Morning Classical Music radio program.^[3] A soprano, she also continues to actively perform.^[3] She left MPBN in mid-2013.^[4][5]

Since 2018, Nance has been president and CEO of All Classical Portland (KQAC) (89.9 FM and allclassical.org), in Portland, Oregon. She was formerly the station's afternoon host from 2:00PM to 6:00PM weekdays, and served for a time as Interim CEO.^[6] She was hired by KQAC in 2015.^[7]

She continues to participate in the KQAC Sunday Brunch program and serves as Executive Producer for all of the station's nationally-syndicated programs.