Susan Crandall - Flute
Susan Crandall is an active performer and instructor. She has a career as a soloist and chamber musician, performing in festivals and music series throughout the United States, Europe and Israel. She is a member of Duo Dinamico, a professional flute and guitar duo, with fellow faculty member Jesse Langen. This duo has appeared in concerts held in the United States and Germany as well as participating in Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is also a founding member of Winds of the New Millennium, a professional Woodwind Quintet.
Ms. Crandall currently teaches at the Musical Offering, the Merit School of Music, and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Drake University and spent several years studying abroad in Germany where she completed her Master of Music in Flute at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. While in Germany she was principal flute with Collegium Musicum Orchestra in Frankfurt and the Oberurseler Chamber Orchestra. She currently freelances with various Chicago area orchestras including Northwest Indiana Symphony, Wheaton Symphony, Kenosha Symphony, Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra, and Lake Shore Symphony.
She is very happy to be teaching at the Musical Offering, being a part of this lovely musical community. She enjoys working with students of all ages and levels, sharing her knowledge of the flute with those with a passion for music, using the flute as their medium of expression.
Please contact The Musical Offering to learn more about private lessons with Susan.