Described as "star quality" by the Boston Globe, clarinetist Susan Warner is a member of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra. She has also performed with other worldclass ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her position at the operahouse, Susan is a member of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony.
Susan has performed at the acclaimed music festivals of Schleswig-Holstein, Heidelberg Castle, Grand Teton, and Aspen. Invited to participate in the Tanglewood Music Center for two years, Susan was twice awarded with special honors--the Gino B. Cioffi prize, given to the outstanding woodwind player, and the C.D. Jackson Award for outstanding instrumentalist.
While pursuing her master's degree at the Eastman School of Music, she was a founding faculty member of the New Horizons Band--now, a nationwide award-winning program for senior citizen beginning instrumentalists. Susan has been a faculty member at Wheaton College, the Eastman School, Ithaca College, and the University of Rochester.
