Susan Greenberg
flute
Flutist Susan Greenberg enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, symphony player, and recording artist. Her playing has been described as “brilliant,” “elegant and supple,” with a “gorgeous tone.” As a member of LACO, she has been a frequent soloist on both flute and piccolo. Greenberg has also appeared as guest soloist with the San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Monica symphonies and at the Hollywood Bowl. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, L.A. and New York City operas, American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, and at the Ojai Festival. She was the principal flutist of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra during their 1995 tour of Japan. She is a frequent collaborator with Los Angeles area composers, several of whom have written works for her. In March 2003, she was the piccolo soloist with the Napa Valley Symphony, performing a concerto Bruce Broughton wrote for her, and she also soloed with the Santa Monica Symphony in December 2005, playing a concerto for piccolo and contrabassoon by Damian Montano, also a member of LACO.
Greenberg’s career began as principal flutist with the Roger Wagner Chorale and Orchestra performing throughout the U.S. and Canada, Europe and the Middle East. She received fellowships to Tanglewood and the Music Academy of the West and earned her B.A. cum laude and M.A. from UCLA. Greenberg is presently an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. She has also taught at the California Institute of the Arts and Occidental College. She received the Most Valuable Player Award on the flute from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Greenberg is also the Co-Artistic Director of Chamber Music Palisades, lauded by the Los Angeles Times for its “bright and seasoned professionalism.” This season, Greenberg will also perform chamber music on the South Bay and Pepperdine’s Stotsenberg chamber music series.
Active in motion picture, television and commercial recordings, Greenberg has played on many film soundtracks, including Superman Returns, The Lion King, The Notebook, Toy Story and Cars, and she is the flutist for The Simpsons, among other shows.
