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Susan Craig Winsberg

Susan Craig Winsberg began her musical studies in her hometown of Chicago at the age of five on the piano, and flute at the age of ten.  In her teens Susan played principle flute with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and was featured in a performance with the Chicago Symphony as a winner of the Chicago Symphony Youth Auditions.  She also played principle flute with the Rome Festival Orchestra in Rome, Italy.

 

Susan began her college studies at Northwestern University under the instruction of Walfrid Kujala of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and went on to receive her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Flute Performance from San Jose State University, where she studied with Isabelle Chapuis of the Paris Conservatory.  In 1986 she was awarded the great honor of being entered into the book Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for her academic and musical achievements.  Susan has performed professionally throughout the U.S., Europe and Canada, including playing co-principal flute with the Monterey Symphony Orchestra and principle flute with the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra.  

 

In the 1990’s Susan began delving into other genres of music, including Celtic, New Age, Renaissance, Rock, Jazz and Latin, along with expanding her instrumental skills to Irish wooden flute, Irish whistle and recorder.  She formed the Celtic band Blackwaterside in 1995, which has been performing concerts, Scottish Highland Games and other events ever since, and she has played with an all-female Mariachi band called the Mariachi Divas since 2006. 

 

Susan has received two Grammy awards and eleven nominations as a member of the Mariachi Divas, one Grammy Nomination with David Arkenstone, and has released four Celtic CDs on her own Craig Records label.  She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she freelances as an orchestral and solo performer and recording artist.  In recent years Susan has been delving into songwriting and instrumental composition and has released several singles in multiple genres.