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 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.