Sue Chick Denton
Sue has over 25 years of experience encouraging music in the lives of people around her. Her heart is in community music, and she is passionate about the immense value that comes from people making noise together—especially adults who come to, or return to, music-making as grown-ups.
In addition to teaching guitar and voice privately, Sue directs two non-auditioned community choirs: Choir CHORDillera, an 80-member mixed-voice choir, and Wolf Willow Women’s Voices, a new 40-voice ensemble that keeps growing. She is also the force behind Pub Choir in Canmore—a quarterly excuse for people to get together, have a beer, and sing along to songs they know and love. Sue firmly believes that shared music-making experiences are powerful in community building.
She is the founder and AlphaDuck of Whistling Duck Music, which organises a guitar-playing collective for men and for women. Five chapters of Guitar Mamas gather every month throughout southern Alberta, alongside an active Brotherhood of Strings community based in Canmore. These groups encourage continued growth and connection around music in the lives of adults.
Sue is a singer-songwriter and enjoys performing and recording almost as much as she enjoys teaching. She has been a member of various groups, including the acclaimed women’s a cappella ensemble In The Pink and the folk music duo hummingBird. She currently performs solo and with her vocal-focused folk group, Chick & Chang.
She and her husband have three grown-up kids and three indispensable fur babies. They live in Canmore, Alberta.
Learn more about Sue and her music at suechick.com.