Professor Sue Stubbs has been a member of the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, and the Kansas City Philharmonic. She is Principal Bass of the Gateway Festival Orchestra in St. Louis, and the Springfield (Missouri) Symphony. She has performed throughout the Midwest, including concerto appearances with various orchestras and recital performances in St. Louis, Columbia, Springfield, and Kansas City. She is in demand a a teacher; many of her students have won awards at state and national competitions and have gone on to graduate study at such institutions as Indiana University and The Julliard School of Music.

Professor Stubbs holds a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School and a master of music degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her principal teachers were Stuart Sankey, Gary Karr, and Eugene Levinson. Professor Stubbs is also on the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis University, and Missouri State University.