Susan's Experience

Susan Bear (she/her) is a multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, composer and artist working across the mediums of music, theatre, games and advertising. Bear has a proven track record of excellence and versatility in composition, production, mixing and musical arrangement through a variety of projects for both commercial and grassroots organisations.    Bear has composed music for television, radio and online campaigns for companies such as Scotgov NHS, HSBC, Caorunn Gin, Rokbak Construction, Glendronach Whiskey and more.    Other recent composition and sound design projects include Traverse Theatre’s 2021 Christmas show ‘WILF’,  composition and sound design for mobile game, ‘Journey to the End of the Jelly World’, composition and musical arrangement for Civic Digit’s ‘Big Data Show’, as well as audio for accompanying mobile app; Sound design and composition for Hope & Joy (Stellar Quines); Sound design for National Theatre of Scotland ‘Dear Europe’, as well as various other compositional work for other Scottish theatre companies.    Bear has toured internationally with bands such as Tuff Love, The Pastels, Malcolm Middleton, Pictish Trail, Tracyanne & Danny, as well as performing in and touring the Fringe First winning production of What Girls Are Made Of (Cora Bissett / Orla O’Loughlin) as an actor and musician. In May 2020 Bear released her solo debut project Good Dog on Scottish indie label Lost Map to critical acclaim.    Over the last year Susan has been songwriting and producing music with Scottish all female & non binary collective Hen Hoose. She has previously been involved in organising, teaching and mentoring at Girls Rock Glasgow, a DIY rock camp for young girls teaching confidence, music-making and creativity. www.SusanBear.com