Susan Palma-Nidel is the principal flutist of the American Composers Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Speculum Musicae. She has also performed with the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies, the Stuttgart and Royal Ballets, the Bach Chamber Soloists, and the Santa Fe Opera. She can be heard on more than 50 recordings on major labels as well as Bridge, CRI, and New World. Nidel received her musical training at the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School, and is presently on the faculty of Columbia University in New York.