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== Biography == |
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Suchy was the daughter of [[Greeks|Greek]] immigrants and was born in [[Milwaukee]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news|title=Composer Gregoria Karides Suchy Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-tribune/190195781/|work=The Daily Tribune|date=2018-10-10|access-date=2026-01-30|pages=A5|last=Boulton|first=Guy|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Her family was musical and she started playing [[piano]] and the [[accordion]] as a child in the family’s band.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|title=Pasadena composer Gregoria Karides Suchy is still making music at 90|url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131130/pasadena-composer-gregoria-karides-suchy-is-still-making-music-at-90/|website=San Bernardino Sun|date=2013-11-30|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|last=Poulisse|first=Adam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260130212820/https://www.sbsun.com/2013/11/30/pasadena-composer-gregoria-karides-suchy-is-still-making-music-at-90/|archive-date=30 January 2026}}</ref> |
Suchy was the daughter of [[Greeks|Greek]] immigrants and was born in [[Milwaukee]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news|title=Composer Gregoria Karides Suchy Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-tribune/190195781/|work=The Daily Tribune|date=2018-10-10|access-date=2026-01-30|pages=A5|last=Boulton|first=Guy|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Her family was musical and she started playing [[piano]] and the [[accordion]] as a child in the family’s band.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|title=Pasadena composer Gregoria Karides Suchy is still making music at 90|url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131130/pasadena-composer-gregoria-karides-suchy-is-still-making-music-at-90/|website=San Bernardino Sun|date=2013-11-30|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|last=Poulisse|first=Adam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260130212820/https://www.sbsun.com/2013/11/30/pasadena-composer-gregoria-karides-suchy-is-still-making-music-at-90/|archive-date=30 January 2026}}</ref> |
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In 1945, she graduated from the Milwaukee State Teachers College, later [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]], (UWM) and began teaching soon after.<ref name=”:0″ /> She taught at UWM for more than fifty years.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
In 1945, she graduated from the Milwaukee State Teachers College, later [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]], (UWM) and began teaching soon after.<ref name=”:0″ /> She taught at UWM for more than fifty years.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
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== Work == |
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Suchy’s began to create [[electroacoustic music]] in the 1960s.<ref name=”:0″ /> Her compositions utilize the [[Chromatic scale|twelve-tone scale]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=AAUW Members Take Jet Musical Space Flight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times/190195259/|work=The Journal Times|date=1968-02-07|access-date=2026-01-30|pages=14|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She also incorporated non-traditional items, like beer bottles and spliced tape, in her compositions.<ref name=”:1″ /> Some of her work incorporates [[Greek traditional music|Greek folk music]].<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web|title=Crane School of Music Honors Music of Gregoria Karides Suchy in Centennial Concerts|url=https://www.potsdam.edu/news/crane-school-music-honors-music-gregoria-karides-suchy-centennial-concerts|website=SUNY Potsdam|access-date=2026-01-30}}</ref> She called her experimental compositions “[[Soundscape|soundscaping]].”<ref name=”:0″ /> According to the [[Crane School of Music]], she may have been the first person in Wisconsin to experiment with electronic music.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
Suchy’s began to create [[electroacoustic music]] in the 1960s.<ref name=”:0″ /> Her compositions utilize the [[Chromatic scale|twelve-tone scale]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=AAUW Members Take Jet Musical Space Flight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times/190195259/|work=The Journal Times|date=1968-02-07|access-date=2026-01-30|pages=14|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She also incorporated non-traditional items, like beer bottles and spliced tape, in her compositions.<ref name=”:1″ /> Some of her work incorporates [[Greek traditional music|Greek folk music]].<ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web|title=Crane School of Music Honors Music of Gregoria Karides Suchy in Centennial Concerts|url=https://www.potsdam.edu/news/crane-school-music-honors-music-gregoria-karides-suchy-centennial-concerts|website=SUNY Potsdam|access-date=2026-01-30}}</ref> She called her experimental compositions “[[Soundscape|soundscaping]].”<ref name=”:0″ /> According to the [[Crane School of Music]], she may have been the first person in Wisconsin to experiment with electronic music.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
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Suchy’s work has been performed both in the United States and internationally.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
Suchy’s work has been performed both in the United States and internationally.<ref name=”:2″ /> |
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Latest revision as of 23:17, 30 January 2026
Gregoria Karides Suchy was…
Karides Suchy was the daughter of Greek immigrants and was born in Milwaukee.[1] Her family was musical and she started playing piano and the accordion as a child in the family’s band.[2]
In 1945, she graduated from the Milwaukee State Teachers College, later University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, (UWM) and began teaching soon after.[1] She taught at UWM for more than fifty years.[3]
UWM offers a scholarship in her name for Music students.[4]
Her work was celebrated posthumously by the Crane School of Music on November 14, 2023.[5]
Karides Suchy’s began to create electroacoustic music in the 1960s.[1] Her compositions utilize the twelve-tone scale.[6] She also incorporated non-traditional items, like beer bottles and spliced tape, in her compositions.[2] Some of her work incorporates Greek folk music.[3] She called her experimental compositions “soundscaping.”[1] According to the Crane School of Music, she may have been the first person in Wisconsin to experiment with electronic music.[3]
Karides Suchy’s work has been performed both in the United States and internationally.[3]
https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal/190199975/
