Marley Eder leads a multifaceted career as a performer and educator in Los Angeles. He performs regularly with a variety of orchestras throughout the southwest including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra Santa Monica, Las Vegas Philharmonic, and San Luis Obispo Symphony, where he serves as principal flute. Additionally, he collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra playing 2nd flute under Sir Simon Rattle during their North American tour in 2022.

As a participant in competitions, Eder was awarded 1st prize in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA,) San Diego Flute Guild, and Louisiana Flute Society Young Artist competitions, as well as 2nd prize in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition (NFA,) and Myrna Brown Artist Competition. As a result of reaching the semi-finals in the Nielsen International Flute Competition in 2019, he performed C.P.E. Bach’s Flute Concerto with members of the Odense Symphony (Denmark) on Medici TV.

An active teacher, Eder is currently on the faculty of Santa Monica College, Glendale Community College, Northern California Flute Camp, and is a teaching artist for the Young Musician Foundation. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in flute performance at the University of Southern California where he held a position as a student instructor. He earned his previous degrees from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas (BM) and Louisiana State University (MM) where he was a graduate teaching assistant.

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