Short History

Founded in 1997 by four citizens of the Los Angeles coastal community of Pacific Palisades, including two professional musicians, Chamber Music Palisades is a non-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to the promotion and support of classical music. CMP produces professional chamber music concerts, commissions new works (more than ten to date) and provides educational opportunities for young people by performing free concerts in local schools and in local venues for community families. Guest artists are largely drawn from the ranks of: The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, music faculties of regional universities and colleges, and the Hollywood recording industry. CMP’s Artistic Directors, pianist Delores Stevens and flutist Susan Greenberg, have joined with distinguished guest artists to make a state-of-the-art audio/visual DVD recording of the Shostakovich Piano Quartet and the Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp for AIX Records which will be completed later this year.

Delores Stevens, co-artistic director/piano

Delores Stevens is a concert pianist actively performing in many chamber music and new music series in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. She is Artistic Director and pianist for the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society’s Summer Music Festival now in its 37th year. She is also Co-Artistic Director and pianist for Chamber Music Palisades in Los Angeles now in its 11th season. Recently she accepted the position of Artistic Supervisor and pianist for the newly-formed Music and Conversations series in downtown Los Angeles. She has been honored by the National Association of Composers for “Outstanding achievement in Contemporary Music”. In the field of music education she is Director of Chamber Music Studies for the Young Musicians Foundation in Los Angeles and is a member of the music faculty at Mount St. Mary’s College. She has completed recordings for 12 labels, most recently: a solo piano CD “Pilgrimage”, a Brahms Piano Quintet on DVD, a Shostakovich Quintet on DVD for AIX Records, Ned Rorem’s “Oboe Book” and the JS Bach oboe and harpsichord sonatas with internationally acclaimed oboist Humbert Lucarelli and William Kraft’s “Concerto a Tre” for Albany Records (the latter two recordings are scheduled for release in late 2007 or early 2008).

Susan Greenberg, co-artistic director/flute

Flutist Susan Greenberg enjoys a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, symphony player, and recording artist. The Los Angeles Times has described her playing as "brilliant," "elegant" and "supple," and has lauded her "panache" and "musical projection." As a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, she has been a frequent soloist on both flute and piccolo, most recently opening the orchestra's 2006-07 season with a concerto for flute, alto flute and piccolo written for her by Gernot Wolfgang. Previously, she had premiered a concerto written for her by Bruce Broughton. Ms. Greenberg has also appeared as guest soloist with the San Francisco and Oakland Symphonies, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Napa Valley Symphony, and at the Hollywood Bowl. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, L.A. Opera, New York City Opera, American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, as well as at the Casals, Ojai and Martha's Vineyard Music Festivals. Ms. Greenberg was the principal flutist for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra's tour of Japan, and has received the "Most Valuable Player" award on the flute from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Ms. Greenberg began her career performing throughout the U.S. and Canada, Europe and the Middle East, as principal flutist with the Roger Wagner Chorale and Orchestra. She was a fellowship recipient to Tanglewood and to the Music Academy of the West. She received both her B.A., cum laude, and her M.A. from UCLA, and is presently an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. She has alto taught at California Institute of the Arts and Occidental College. Ms. Greenberg is the Co-Artistic Director of Chamber Music Palisades, now celebrating its eleventh season. She often performs on the Pepperdine's Stotensberg Music Series and at the South Bay Chamber Music Series. Ms. Greenberg has recorded over 400 motion pictures and is the flutist for The Simpsons television show.