Susan Collins is an Australian violinist whose performing, recording and teaching career spans the concert platform and academia. As soloist she has appeared with orchestras including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Berlin Chamber Orchestra, and from 1992 served as Deputy Concertmaster of the AOBO, also guest-leading several Australian state orchestras. She edited and recorded the complete violin works of neglected Australian composer Raymond Hanson with pianist David Miller (Tall Poppies). Awarded the Australian Centenary Medal (2003) and a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong (2005), she held Head of Strings posts at the University of Newcastle and University of Tasmania conservatoria. In 2021 she founded and directs the Nova Muse Festival in Penguin, Tasmania.