Susanna Loewy

Flutist and music entrepreneur Susanna Loewy received a BM and MM from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a DMA from Rutgers University. Her principal teachers were Jeffrey Khaner, Joshua Smith, Bart Feller, and Philip Dunigan.

In addition to her positions as Program Director and Lead Teaching Artist for Project 440, Susanna is a Teaching Artist for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Flute Faculty at Kutztown University. In 2012, Susanna founded the Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival in Jamaica, VT, a summer festival emphasizing music and visual art. Susanna is currently the Artistic Director of PFCM, acting as curator and flutist. Susanna also founded the Ellipses Ensemble, a nonprofit dedicated to raising mental health awareness at the intersection of chamber music and storytelling.

Susanna is the Principal Flutist and Project Manager for Inscape, a chamber music group based in the DC area that was nominated for a Grammy for its debut CD.Susanna is also the flutist for the NakedEye Ensemble, "an eclectic eight-member electro-acoustic ensemble with classical, rock, and jazz DNA, [that] commissions and performs seminal works by cross-over and cutting-edge composers." Susanna has played with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Opera, the Pennsylvania Ballet, The Philly Pops, The Charlottesville Opera, and The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst other groups in the Philadelphia area and across the country. Susanna played a trio recital at Carnegie Hall/Weill Hall in February of 2013, premiering the new works of three contemporary composers. Susanna is a Verne Q. Powell Artist and plays Powell instruments.