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Opera singing pharmacist brings panacea trio to stage
Sunday 1 October 2017, 06:51 PM
Suzanne Holt, 60, is a Barrington-based pharmacist nearing 40 years on the register, and an award-winning musician. In her solo career as a pianist, Mrs Holt has performed across the country and in the US but, in April this year, decided she wanted to organise a concert involving performers from the pharmacy sector, and that she did. In April, Romantic Music with Suzanne Holt and friends featured pharmacist David Bui on violin and pharmacy technician Kathleen Lockwood on cello.
Where was the idea for this concert born?
I wanted to form a trio with other fellow pharmacists, if I could. You can't just pluck them out of the air, Suzanne Holt Panaceo Trio