Principal flutist of the American Composers Orchestra and Speculum Musicae. Since 1973 Ms. Palma-Nidel has been the flutist of the North Country Chamber Players.
ALBUMS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Charles Neidich, Susan Palma, Randall Wolfgang, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto No. 1 / Oboe Concerto
2011, CD, Comp, RE, SHM, Deutsche Grammophon, 
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, Classical
Mozart* - Susan Palma, Nancy Allen (2), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Flute Concert No. 1 • Flute And Harp Concerto • Andante
1990, 
,
, Classical
W. A. Mozart* - Susan Palma • Nancy Allen (2) • Charles Neidich • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Konzert Für Flöte & Harfe / Klarinettenkonzert (Flute & Harp Concerto • Clarinet Concerto)
1989, 
,
, Classical
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2021, 55xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Modern/Romantic/Baroque/Classical
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
More Mad About Mozart
1994, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, 
,
, Classical
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Points Of Departure, New Music By Lerdahl, Druckman, Bolcom, Gandolfi
1992, ,
, Contemporary
Speculum Musicae
Plays Blaustein, Rakowski, Anderson & Clement
1991, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
Speculum Musicae
Plays The New Danes
CD, Bridge Records (4),
APPEARANCES +
Various
DG 120 - The Anniversary Edition
2018, 121xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A + Box,, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Classical/Romantic/Modern/Baroque/Medieval/Choral/Early/Opera/Oratorio/Schlager/Twelve-tone/Radioplay
Wayne Shorter
Emanon
2018,
Ira Newborn
The Naked Gun Trilogy (Music From The Motion Pictures)
2014, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, La-La Land Records, ,
, Soundtrack/Score/Modern Classical
Mozart* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Flute And Harp Concerto / A Musical Joke / German Dances
2014, CD, Comp, RE, Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Music, ,
, Classical
Various
100 Classical Masterworks
2014, ,
, Classical/Modern/Romantic/Baroque
Various
Great Music For Driving
2010, CD, Comp, Classic FM, 
,
, Classical
Various
Best Of Harfe
2007, CD, Comp, Decca,
Fred Lerdahl
Time After Time / Marches / Oboe Quartet / Waves
2006, CD, Bridge Records (4),
Mario Davidovsky
The Music Of Mario Davidovsky Volume 3
2005, CD, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Steven Mackey, Curtis Macomber
Interior Design
2005, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Modern Classical/Contemporary
Alvin Lucier
Still And Moving Lines Of Silence In Families Of Hyperbolas
2002, 2xCD, Lovely Music, Ltd., ,
, Experimental/Minimal
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dieter Wedel Trifft: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Classical
Various
Classical Beauties Vol. 6: Spring Impressions
2002, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
, Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Wallingford Riegger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, John J. Becker
Quartet Romantic
1998, CD, Comp, RM, New World Records, ,
, Modern/Chamber Music/Percussion Ensemble/String Ensemble
Miriam Gideon
Music For Voice & Ensemble
1998, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
P.D.Q. Bach
The Ill-Conceived P.D.Q. Bach Anthology
1998, 
,
, Contemporary
Lee Hyla
We Speak Etruscan
1996, CD, Album, New World Records
Chinary Ung
Grand Spiral
1996, CD, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
George Crumb – Speculum Musicae, David Starobin, Susan Narucki, Donald Sinta
Quest; Federico's Little Songs For Children; Night Music I
1996, CD, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
Various
Music From Denmark '96
1996, 6xCD, Comp, Promo + Box, Comp, MXP, 
Gil Shaham
Violin Romances
1996, ,
, Romantic/Classical
Milton Babbitt - The Group For Contemporary Music
Soli E Duettini
1996, ,
, Contemporary
Richard Strauss - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sonatinen
1995, CD, ,
, Neo-Classical
Paul Moravec
Circular Dreams
1993, CD, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
Stephen Jaffe
The Rhythm Of The Running Plough • Four Songs With Ensemble • Double Sonata
1993, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
George Frideric Handel* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Music For The Royal Fireworks HWV 351 / Water Music HWV 348 - 350 - 349
1992, CD, ,
, Baroque
Morris Rosenzweig, David Froom
Diptych: Another Order Of Cat - Consider The Window / Piano Quartet - Down To A Sunless Sea - Piano Sonata
1991, CD, Centaur Records, ,
, Contemporary
Mozart* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Die Bläserkonzerte = The Wind Concertos = Les Concertos Pour Instruments À Vent
1991, 3x CD, ,
, Classical
David Starobin
New Music With Guitar, Vol. 4
1990, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Various
A Miriam Gideon Retrospective
1990, CD, Album, New World Records, ,
, Experimental
Schoenberg* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Verklärte Nacht / Kammersymphonien = Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
1990
Elliott Carter - Speculum Musicae With Katherine Ciesinski, Jon Garrison, Patrick Mason (2), Jan Opalach, Christine Schadeberg
The Vocal Works (1975-1981)
1989, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Aaron Copland - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Appalachian Spring • Short Symphony • 3 Latin American Sketches • Quiet City
1989, CD, ,
, Modern
David Starobin
New Music With Guitar: Selected Works From Volumes 1, 2 & 3
1988, CD, Comp, RM, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
The Musicians Of Melodious Accord
Sacred Symphonies
1988, CD, Musical Heritage Society
David Starobin
A Song From The East (Russian And Hungarian Music With Guitar)
1987, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Bartók* / Janáček* - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances / Mládí
1986
David Starobin
New Music With Guitar, Volume 3
1985, LP, Bridge Records (4)
Speculum Musicae - Peter Lieberson / Charles Wuorinen / Seymour Shifrin
A Fifteenth Anniversary Album
1985, LP, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
David Starobin
New Music With Guitar, Volume 2
1984, LP, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Donald York*
The Paul Taylor Dance Company Two Dances
1984, LP, Album, Musicmasters, ,
, Modern/Score
Matthew Greenbaum (2), Lee Hyla, Elaine Barkin, Stephen Jaffe
Chamber Music: Greenbaum, Hyla, Barkin, Jaffe
1984, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI),
Alexis Alrich, Herbert Fromm, Frank Martin (3), Mathew Rosenblum
Aldrich / Fromm / Martin / Rosenblum
1983, LP, Album, Opus One
Alvin Lucier
Still And Moving Lines Of Silence In Families Of Hyperbolas, Part 2 For Voice, Instruments And Pure Wave Oscillators (Numbers 1-4)
1983, Vinyl Black / Teal Cover, ,
, Minimal/Experimental
P.D.Q. Bach
A Little Nightmare Music
1983
Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein - Orchestra Of Our Time*, Joel Thome, Betty Allen, Gwendolyn Bradley, William Brown (3), Clamma Dale, Benjamin Matthews, Florence Quivar, Arthur Thompson
Four Saints In Three Acts
1982, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Modern/Opera
Clark Terry And Zoot Sims
Mother------! Mother -----------!! A Jazz Symphony
1980, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Frederic Rzewski / John Harbison - Speculum Musicae With David Evitts, The Emmanuel Choir Of Boston
Song And Dance / The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
1979, LP, Nonesuch, ,
, Contemporary
Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, John J. Becker, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Works By: Henry Cowell / Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Ruth Crawford Seeger
1978, LP, Album, New World Records, ,
, Modern
Dominick Argento, Frank Ahrold, Richard Hervig
Words And Music
1978, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Classical/Contemporary/Vocal
Hodkinson* / Heiss* / Ung*
Three Stylists (Megalith Trilogy / Inventions, Contours And Colors / Mohori)
1976, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
Paul Sorvino With Patti LuPone, Kurt Peterson (2), Teri Ralston Music And Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz
The Baker's Wife (An Original Cast Recording)
1976, Vinyl, Vinyl, ,
, Musical/Soundtrack
Various
Love
CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon