Dan Suttles

Professor of Music

Education

D.M.A. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.M. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.M. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.Red. Carolina University

Biography

Dr. Dan Suttles completed his undergraduate studies at Piedmont International University (Bachelor of Religious Education, 1977) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG: Bachelor of Music, piano, 1981). His Master of Music is in conducting from UNCG (1983). His Doctor of Musical Arts (conducting) is from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2006).

Dr. Suttles teaches courses in piano and conducting. He is the Director of University Chorale.

Professor Suttles is originally from Covington, KY. He has served since 1973 in six churches in North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia as a music minister, worship leader, orchestra director, and pianist. He has performed for 45 years as a free-lance pianist (soloist and accompanist), accordionist, and conductor in a variety of venues.

Dr. Suttles has recorded three CDs of secular and sacred piano music. He was ordained to the Gospel Ministry in 2002. He, his wife Gloria, and daughter Hannah have resided in Lynchburg since 2007.