Conrad Stephen Susa (April 26, 1935 – November 21, 2013) was an American composer.
Born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, Susa studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Juilliard School, where his teachers included William Bergsma, Vincent Persichetti and, by his own claim, P. D. Q. Bach, the fictitious spoof character created by American composer Peter Schickele.
[2] From 1959 to 1994, Susa was composer-in-residence for the Old Globe Theater (San Diego, California), where he wrote incidental music for over 200 productions there.
In 1988, he joined the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and remained there as a professor of composition until his death.
[5][6] His other compositions include choral works and incidental music for various plays.