I play the 11 course d minor Lute.​

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Apart from historical lute music, I have an interest in working with composers to create new lute music.​

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In 1988 Australian composer Robert Allworth AOM wrote his Lute Concerto for me. (See the review from Music Web International)

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From 2011 - 2014 I worked with UK composer Matthew Leigh Embelton on his Music for Lute and Laptop series of recordings.

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For the past 10 years I have worked with Tasmanian composer Karlin Love on new lute music, including her suite of pieces titled A Lute on the Géographe; 

the music, offering a French perspective of Tasmania. 

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Other composers I have worked with include Helen Morrison, Janina Evangelou & Jean-Christoph Rosaz.

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A collaboration with folk musicians John and Caroline Bushby to trace the traditional origins of music in the Balcarres Lute Book (c.1700), resulted in a unique recording of lute, Scottish lowland pipes, harp, fiddle and whistle. 

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In January 2022 I recorded the second CD in my LadyLute series (see review from the Lute Society); and in September 2022 recorded music from the 17th century lute manuscript LHD243, the only original baroque lute manuscript housed in Australia. In April 2023 I recorded renaissance lute duets with the young Tasmanian lutenist Nishka Corry.

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I am currently working with Sydney based composer Steve Wood in the creation of a work for lute dedicated to Australian luthier John (Ben) Hall.

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In August 2025 I record the complete works for lute by Tasmanian composer Karlin Greenstreet Love (for Jam Drop Records) using my new 11 course lute by Jason Petty of Vancouver.

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I was born in Sydney as Susan Jones, later changing my name to Susan King. I gained my Bachelor of Music in Lute Performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1989 where I studied with Robert Clancy, Tommie Andersson and William Bower. I later studied overseas spending time with Jakob Lindberg, Nigel North and Claire Antonini as well as masterclasses and lessons with Hopkinson Smith. I now make my home in Tasmania, Australia.

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