Susan Ung
Violist,
(orchestra coach)

While majoring in viola performance as an undergraduate at Northern
Illinois University and studying with members of the Vermeer Quartet,
Susan Ung became involved in performances on various Asian and
Indonesian instruments, as well as improvisation. Later, her graduate
studies at SUNY Stony Brook afforded her training and experience in
contemporary music and notably, work with violist, John Graham. She
has worked professionally in New York, Philadelphia and Phoenix and is
currently teaching and free-lancing in San Diego.

While living in Arizona, she was a member of the Phoenix Symphony
Orchestra, and was also co-founder, violist and manager of Ensemble 21,
a contemporary ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg, which made
several recordings. She was personnel manager and principal violist in
the La Jolla Symphony for five years, and is now touring and performing
in a series of lecture recitals with her husband. She has recently
recorded a new viola version of Khse Buon, and a trio for alto flute,
viola and harp, Child Song, soon to be released on Bridge Records, and
has recently toured Southeast Asia with the Los Angeles based group,
Southwest Chamber Music, in performances of a large work, Aura, all
works composed by her husband, Chinary Ung. (An entire recording of
works by Ung including Aura will also soon be released on the Cambria
label.)