What We Do
We proudly serve a global clientele by helping advance individuals and organizations in the music sector. Those in the music industry sometimes wish there was a place, outside of their immediate circles, where one-on-one professional assistance could be conveniently obtained. The Musical Tie solves this issue by offering convenient access to a broad range of services to help you save time and minimize frustration when planning the next phase of your career. For music organizations, we offer additional services that help support your organization’s goals. Best of all, our services will assist you throughout your musical journey.
About Our Founder
The Musical Tie was founded by president and owner, Dr. Suzanne Rome. She has decades of experience in the music industry as a performer, conductor, and educator. She is a devoted advocate of the performing arts and strives to help others create their own path in the music industry so that individuals and organizations can thrive and serve numerous communities around the globe.
Dr. Rome has conducted numerous professional and university orchestras across the United States and Europe. Some engagements have included the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic, the University of California Irvine Symphony Orchestra, the Webster University Chamber Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Pleven Philharmonic in Bulgaria. Her conducting debut in London occurred in December 2022 and in Iceland in April 2023.
Dr. Rome served as an assistant conductor for the Muncie Symphony Orchestra (recently renamed Orchestra Indiana) from 2016–2019. She also served as an assistant conductor for the Tony Award winner, Sutton Foster, on her album, Take Me to the World. Dr. Rome was selected as one of three finalists nationwide to participate as a graduate conductor for the 2018 CODA National Conference in California, and was also selected as a Conducting Fellow with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania during their 2015–2016 concert season. She is a strong supporter of encouraging the talents of young musicians and has also served as a substitute conductor for the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Ovation Youth Orchestra with the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association.
Beyond the stage, Dr. Rome has served on music adjudicator panels, curriculum committees, hiring committees, and financial and budget committees. She also has years of experience as a private studio instructor where her students were continually selected for honor ensembles both domestically and internationally. In higher education, Dr. Rome’s teaching experience includes: music theory; labs in sight singing, ear training, and music dictation; form and analysis; music education classes; basic music for classroom teachers; the supervision of student teachers; as well as string techniques and conducting. Her doctoral degree is in orchestral conducting with an additional emphasis and doctoral certificate in entrepreneurial music.
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