Our Staff
SUzanne Loerch
General Manager
Suzanne Loerch has been making music in Central Arkansas since arriving over 20 years ago. As a singer and voice teacher, she has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia, Hendrix College and the University of Central Arkansas. She has performed with area orchestras and choruses, as well as performing in solo and chamber music recitals. Suzanne has been the lead elementary teacher at Montessori schools in Little Rock and has taught general music education.
As the general manager of the Conway Symphony Orchestra, she brings together the skills she has used in her wide-ranging career: the understanding and love and of music, a thirst for knowledge, and a desire to bring people together through the music of the CSO. Suzanne lives in Conway with her husband, Stephen Feldman.
anna Bass-mattingly
Personnel Coordinator
Anna Bass is a Conway native and grew up in the Conway Orchestra program playing viola from the sixth grade on. She then pursued music after high school at the University of Central Arkansas, where she graduated with a Bachelor's of Music in Viola Performance in 2013. She played with the Conway Symphony as a student and has also played with Conway Symphony since graduating. She also plays in the Arkansas Capital String Quartet and teaches private lessons to primarily students of the Conway Orchestra program.
Anna serves as the Conway Symphony's Personnel Coordinator. She is responsible for all things musician for the Conway Symphony! She loves communicating with all the musicians and making sure they have everything they need to facilitate a fabulous symphony concert for our audience. Anna lives in Conway with her fiancee Dylan and her two dogs, Bert and Winston.
Vidal Verástegui Ruiz
Music Librarian and Stage Coordinator
Vidal is a member of the Viola section in the Conway Symphony Orchestra. He recently finished his studies at University of Central Arkansas where he earned a Masters of Music Performance degree. Before joining the Conway Symphony he earned a Bachelor’s of Music Performance at the Unidad Académica de Musica (Conservatory) in Zacatecas, Mexico. During his time as a professional musician, Vidal has been a member of various orchestras throughout México, Cuba and the United States.
As our music librarian and staging coordinator, Vidal enjoys getting to work personally for all the members in the orchestra and make sure all is ready before, during and after rehearsals and concerts. He is currently living in Conway where he spends his free time playing videogames and running.