A native Texan, Susan McDonald fell in love with the guitar when she was four and began playing when she was six. Self-taught for many years, she was accepted by Wolfgang Justen into the guitar ensemble at the University of St. Thomas when she was fourteen. Several years later she was invited to become the student of Pepe Romero, with whom she studied for many years. Her studies took Susan from the University of St. Thomas to life with Los Romeros in California to the Mozarteum in Salzburg and finally to the Banff Centre for the Arts in the Canadian Rockies. Since then she has given concerts throughout North and South America and Europe and her recordings have been heard worldwide. Her CDs "the Cathedral" and "Comfort" have been Grammy-nominated and her recording of the Carmen Miranda standard "Tico-Tico" was chosen by the German newspaper Die Welt as one of the "Top-Ten of the Week" according to radio listener response. Her latest CD for 2006, Release, is inspired by and dedicated to her father, and to all the gentle souls who are involved in hospice. Instrumental Guitar (Acoustic/Classical), total running time, 46:55