Bio:
Susan Royal, Professor of Flute and Coordinator of Woodwinds at the State University of New York at Fredonia, performs regularly with the Buffalo Philharmonic, having performed with them in Carnegie Hall and on several recordings with noted conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Julius Rudel, Maximiano Valdez, and JoAnn Falletta. Dr. Royal's latest CD entitled The New Lyric Flute was released on Centaur Records in April 2008. This recording showcases works written for flute since 2000, two commissioned especially for this project, and includes collaborations for guitar, piano, oboe, cello and harp. She has previously performed on recordings for Mode Records, Beau Fleuve, Eclectics and Mark Records, as well as on another Centaur Records album entitled Freedom Flight. Works from this CD were featured on a recital tour of Puerto Rico in 2001. A winner of SUNY Fredonia's Presidentıs Award for Excellence in 2003, Dr. Royal has been a concerto soloist with the Knoxville Symphony, Ars Nova, Stony Brook Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, the latter two of which she has been a member since 1983. She has performed with the Chautauqua Symphony, the New Haven Symphony, the Bach Aria Group at the Bach Aria Festival, and at the Roycroft, Bach and Beyond, June in Buffalo and the New College Music Festivals. Dr. Royal, a member of the Fredonia Woodwind Quintet, has performed on National Public Radio in Boston, toured Europe with the Yale Philharmonia and performed a solo recital tour of Japan. She has published articles in Flute Talk, a subsidiary of The Instrumentalist magazine, and has been a regular presenter at ECMEA and NYSSMA conventions. Dr. Royal has been an active performer, panelist, judge or coordinator at National Flute Association Conventions since 1977. Recent NFA involvement includes performances with the Bach Aria Group, a world premiere duo performance in Atlanta, and she has judged the Convention Performers Competition annually since 2004. Dr. Royal has a Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College, Master of Music degree from Yale University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from SUNY - Stony Brook. She has studied with Marcel Moyse, Julius Baker, Samuel Baron, Thomas Nyfenger, and in London, with Trevor Wye.
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