Susan Montgomery, M.M.

Soprano Susan Montgomery is a gifted, versatile, and much sought after concert and recording artist.  A Chapman graduate, she has appeared locally with many concert and performance organizations around the southland, including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Orange County Master Chorale, the Angeles Chorale, the Santa Barbara Symphony, and at the Ojai Music Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, Los Angeles Bach Festival, the Long Beach Bach Festival and the Corona del Mar Baroque Festival.

In June 2005 Miss Montgomery appeared as guest soloist with the chorus and orchestra of the Crystal Cathedral in a performance of Haydn's majestic Creation.  The Los Angeles Times recently reviewed Miss Montgomery's performance of this work, performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with the Los Angeles Master Chorale conducted by Paul Solomonovich: spirited singer, soaring with fluid purity and point. An exuberantly communicative performance that promises to linger in the audiences memory. Collaborations with international and national orchestras include the London Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra and in many concerts on the east coast as soloist with the New Jersey Choral Society, the New York Virtuoso Singers, and the Long Island Baroque Ensemble, and the Dessoff Choir Concert Series, to name a few. 

As a recording artist, Susan has made contributions on television and movie scores including Matrix Revolutions, Around the World in Eighty Days, Scooby Doo 2, Snow Falling on Cedars, Galaxy Quest, and on the award winning soundtrack CD of the HBO movie Angels in America. Miss Montgomery earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Chapman University and Master of Music Degree from California State University at Fullerton.  Susan is proud to be a part of the adjunct vocal faculty at Chapman University and maintains her own private vocal studio from her home in Long Beach, California.