Suzanne Tourville-Smith earned her BM in oboe performance from the University of Arkansas, studying with Theresa Delaplain, and her MM from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Mark Ostoich. She devoted 22 years to music education in Missouri public schools and is in her 27th season with the Fort Smith (AR) Symphony, where she plays Second Oboe and Principal English Horn. Suzanne also enjoys performing with her husband in his folk band, Aaron Smith and the Coal Biters.