Hello and welcome to my website
Thank you very much for showing interest in my undertakings and I invite you to browse through the various sections at your leisure.
As an introduction, I was born in Adelaide, South Australia, later graduated with my music degrees at the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide and shortly afterwards moved to Switzerland.
Years later, in 2009, I unexpectedly began composing, writing song texts and poetry and thanks to many supportive colleagues have since been able to have my works performed, recorded, produced, published and distributed.
A selection of works can also be found online, via CD, sheet music or on YouTube with Susannah Snow’s Channel.
Hoping you enjoy my music,
Susannah Snow
I am very happy to be able to present a preview of the soon to be released “Ave Maria” CD for soprano and piano with 17 Marian songs performed together with Diomari Montoya.
For more than a decade I have been writing one Marian song after the other with various sources of inspiration being derived from my immediate environment and travels which include my affiliation with Portugal – “Ecce Mater tua” op. 56 (2014), “Our Lady of Fatima” op. 73 (2017), “Regina Mundi” op. 95 (2019) and the song cycle “Night Prayers” op. 85 (2019), the occasion of a Marian vesper on the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady in the Collegiate Church of St. Michael, Beromünster in Canton Lucerne, Switzerland – “Ave, maris stella” op. 83 (2018) and “Tota pulchra es, Maria” op. 84 (2019), a conversation at Radio Maria – “Omnium Populorum Domina (Oratio)” op. 101 (2020) and most recently, a generous and much appreciated commission to compose an “Ave Maria” for baritone and organ – “Ave Maria” op. 110 (2023), all works which have gradually culminated into a collection of Marian songs which I have been able to compile together for the purpose of this “Ave Maria” CD for soprano and piano.
I am honoured to introduce Diomari Montoya.
Diomari Montoya was born in Venezuela and attained her Masters Degree in Singing Performance, cum laude, at the University of the Andes in Venezuela. She then attained a further Masters Degree in Singing Performance, also with distinction, specializing in opera under Markus Eiche at the Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland.
Diomari Montoya made her debut as Papagena and Queen of the Night in “The Magic Flute“ at the Music Theatre Bern in the 2014 – 2015 season. Since 2019 she has been performing regularly at the Zurich Opera House and as of recent been engaged by Boxopera Switzerland, singing on tour in the 2023 – 2024 season in the role of Olympia in “The Tales of Hoffmann”.
In addition to opera, Diomari Montoya has a vast repertoire which also includes her devotion to sacred music. Diomari Montoya teaches voice and in conjunction with her regular and numerous solo performances in the Canton of Zurich, was recently invited to record for Swiss television, SRF, from the Church of St. Anton in Zurich. Over the years, her concert platforms have originated in Venezuela and extended to Brazil, Great Britain, Liechtenstein and further countries around Europe.
I am indebted to and thank
Diomari Montoya, diomari.ch: Soprano
Marlies Pekarek, Pekarek.ch: “Madonna” and rose soap sculptures
Anna-Tina Eberhard, at-eberhard.ch: Photos of “Madonna” sculptures
Andreas Edlund, andreas-edlund.com: Photos of Diomari Montoya
Sepp de Vries, conseppt.ch: Photos of Susannah Snow and graphic design
Urs Lütolf, ursluetolf@bluewin.ch: Advice in Latin
Fabian Stadler, allsound.ch: Audio Engineering – Recording and mastering
Hans-Jörg Langner, emanomusic.com: Production and distribution
It has been my greatest pleasure to have been able to collaborate with all.
“Ave Maria” and its 12 page booklet including all song texts and beautiful images of exquisitely made hand poured soap sculptures by the Swiss artist Marlies Pekarek will become available in shops around Easter time and on Apple Music, Spotify and other online platforms. Orders can also be made in advance by contacting Susannah Snow via the contact form on this website or through Diomari Montoya on her contact page. The CD will be offered at a special rate this year of CHF30.- including postage to your destination.
Thank you so much for your kind support,
Susannah Snow
Upcoming launches:
1/ At the Stiftskirche St. Michael and Theatersaal, Beromünster in Canton Lucerne, Switzerland followed by a reception, sales and personalized signatures on a Sunday, 19th of October, 2025 at 17.00 pm.
2/ At the Church of St. Peter and Paul, Werd, Zurich, Switzerland. Saturday, 25th of October, 2025 at 17.45 pm.
Diomari Montoya, soprano
Susannah Snow, organ and piano
A selection of songs will be presented at each event, entry is free and all are welcome.
Related links:
Diomari Montoya sings outstanding performances:
2/ Georg Friedrich Händels “Da tempeste il legno infranto” from the opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”.
3/ Charles Gounod’s “Je veux vivre” from the opera “‘Romeo and Juliet”.
Earlier recordings of Marian songs by Susannah Snow:
Gegrüsset seist du, Maria op. 106: This song, which I am most grateful to have been able to premiere with the world renowned Bass baritone Klaus Mertens, was newly recorded for the “Ave Maria” CD with Diomari Montoya.
Salve Regina op. 43 :This song was also newly recorded as a solo version with Diomari Montoya.
Ave Maria op. 15 ( not included on the Ave Maria CD ) : This song was also newly recorded as a solo version with Diomari Montoya.
I am very honoured and grateful to be able to present one of my newest songs with organ accompaniment, “Gegrüsset seist du, Maria” op. 106 (Ave Maria) with the heartfelt and moving interpretation of Klaus Mertens, renowned Bass-baritone. I had composed this song just weeks before its premiere on Tuesday, 18th of October 2022 and we were truly blessed by the performance of Klaus Mertens at the opening recital of this new Concert Series at the Ref. Church in Menziken, Switzerland initiated by Bruno von Nünlist. I am also thankful to Fabian Stadler for his live recording and to the artist, Vittoria Theresia Mozzi, (Zurich/Ticino) for her most beautiful painting.
My first steps out of Switzerland since September 2019 with a most moving and memorable pilgrimage to Portugal in September 2022 including a memorial concert for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, R.I.P. in the presence of distinguished guests at the monumental and magnificently restored Ourém Castle playing the piano including a song cycle by Brahms performed with Bruno von Nünlist and in the second half of the concert reciting the poem “O Mundo” by H.E. Bishop Manuel Santos which I had written music to and sang and accompanied myself with the harp and also singing English hymns. More details in About: News 2022.
Here I present my newest CD for solo piano with compositions written between 2010-2020. Now available on Apple Music, Spotify and other online platforms. I am most honoured that Everlasting Joy has also found its way to my designated folder held within the
Music Library of Stift Beromünster.
With many thanks:
Recordings edited by Vincenz Suter, Lucerne and also mastered by Fabian Stadler, www.allsound.ch, front cover painting by Vittoria Theresia Mozzi, Zürich/Ticino, inside cover photo at Schlössliwald and graphic design by Sepp de Vries, Beromünster and produced by Emanomusic.
It is with utmost gratitude and joy, that I am able to convey to you that I am one of 16 recipients to have been honoured with the Mathilde Müller Preis 2021, an award presented in the 40th Jubilee Year of the Josef Müller Stiftung Muri, Switzerland. More details can be found on the website of the Josef Müller Stiftung Muri
And my three CDs for voice and piano can be found and listened to on Apple Music, Spotify and other online platforms.
Sheet Music Publication in 2020
The Angel of Peace
I am thrilled to be able to announce the first sheet music publication of one of my vocal compositions – „The Angel of Peace“ (2016) – which was inspired by the apparitions of the Archangel St. Michael, the Angel of Portugal at Fatima in 1916 to the three shepherd children Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Further I am most deeply honoured to have been permitted to dedicate this song to
H.R.H. Dom Duarte Pio de Bragança, Duke of Bragança, Head of the Portuguese Royal House.
This 16 page book was published by Emanomusic and the cover displays a wonderful painting by the Swiss artist Vittoria Theresia Mozzi who studied the text and history of the apparitions at Fatima and then created this moving work of art of the Angel of Peace together with Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco.
The photo of this painting was taken by Michael Dellefant, the graphic layout designed with Avarel Studios and I programmed the music score with the Sibelius Ultimate 2020 Music Programme.
I am also grateful that this publication is now available at Musik Hug Zürich with Order Number 80.EMD 012-3 at CHF19.- and am endeavoured to donate proceeds to children’s charities so thank you very much for your kind support,
Susannah Snow
Please find on youtube
Released in summer 2020:
Paul Klee’s „Double Tent“ 1923, 114 has inspired 50’ of music for soprano and piano.
I have dedicated this song cycle to Angela Rosengart, Martina Kral and Carmela Konrad, in gratitude for their support and collaboration, especially in the year of 2017 when this work was created and in 2018 when it was recorded.
Please visit The Rosengart Collection Museum, Lucerne where Paul Klee’s masterpiece can be found at its home in the Klee Room.
Twin Tents has been admitted to the Music Archive in the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern and is available at The Museum Rosengart Collection, Musik Hug Zurich and various other outlets. More about this project can be found under ArtMusic.
There will be an interesting analysis of Paul Klee’s “Double Tent” being conducted on Monday, 3rd of October, 2022, 12.15-12.45 to which I am looking forward to attend during this 20th anniversary year of The Museum Rosengart Collection in its location at Pilatusstrasse.
