Carolyn Suda is Director of String Activities at Monmouth College and founder of the Monmouth String Ensemble. An active member of the American String Teachers Association and the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Ms. Suda has served as clinician at numerous cello workshops in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. She also serves as adjunct faculty at Knox College.  

Ms. Suda is currently principal cellist of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony, where she has appeared as soloist in the Saint-Saens Concerto, Lalo Concerto, and Beethoven Triple Concerto. As a member of the Monmouth Trio and KGS Trio, she is a frequent faculty recitalist, including performances atthe University of Barcelona and  Reus Conservatory of Music in Spain. As a member of the Emory Piano Trio, she has performed at the Spoleto Festival, Monadnock Music Festival, and colleges throughout the Southeast. She has served as principal cellist for the Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Pops, Atlanta Choral Guild, and guest principal for the Boston Ballet, The American Ballet Theater, and the Chattanooga Symphony. Her teachers include Leopold Teraspulsky, Robert Marsh, Tanya Carey, and master class study with Janos Starker and Bernard Greenhouse.

Carolyn Suda holds a B.A. in music and theater from Florida State University (Magna Cum Laude) and an M.A. in cello performance and pedagogy from Western Illinois University. Ms. Suda has placed students at the Peabody Conservatory, the Cincinnati Conservatory, the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, and the University of Illinois.