Description
Jasper Sussman, Ph.D., is a vocalist, composer, choral leader and scholar whose work centers the transformative and unifying power of the voice. In her view, musicking—an interrelational process of becoming—is inseparable from ethical life. Her research explores the voice as ecology and the choir as a socially driven ecosystem, integrating ethnomusicology, somatic practice, and liberatory pedagogies to reimagine vocal work as a medium for communal care and transformation.
Jasper’s creative life spans choral direction, ritual facilitation, and experimental vocal performance and composition. Recent roles include Soloist and Core Member of Sacra/Profana, Director of Choirs at Cuyamaca College, and contributing artist with San Diego New Music. She also serves as Education Programs Coordinator for SACRA/PROFANA and Community Engagement Manager for the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. Her private studio teaching draws on somatic modalities including Alexander Technique, voice science, and vocology, integrating trauma-informed and constructivist frameworks.
Jasper holds degrees from the University of California San Diego (PhD), the University of Michigan (MM), and Lawrence University (BM). Her choral works are published by See-A-Dot Music Publishing and appear in the Justice Choir Songbook.
