Marley Eder leads a multifaceted career as a performer and educator in Los Angeles. He currently serves as 2nd flute/piccolo of Symphony San Jose, principal flute of San Luis Obispo Symphony, and regularly performs with orchestras throughout the southwest. As a regular sub with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he has performed over 120 concerts over the past three years and can be heard on several releases including the recent album Khatchaturian – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Dudamel & the LA Phil on the label Decca. He also performs as a sub with the New West Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Marin Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, and Orchestra Santa Monica. Additionally, he has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and the London Symphony Orchestra, where he filled in on same-day notice to perform 2nd flute under Sir Simon Rattle during their North American tour in 2022. 

A prize winner in numerous national and international competitions, Eder was awarded 1st prize in the Music Teachers National Association, San Diego Flute Guild, and Louisiana Flute Society Young Artist competitions, as well as 2nd prize in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition and Myrna Brown Artist Competitions. 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 the Odense Symphony (Denmark) on Medici TV. 

An active teacher, Eder is currently on the faculties of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach, Santa Monica College, and Glendale Community College. Additionally, he has spent the past four summers serving as visiting faculty for the Northern California Flute Camp at Hidden Valley. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California where he held a position as a student instructor, and received his previous degrees from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas (BM) and Louisiana State University (MM). His principal teachers are Jim Walker, Marianne Gedigian, Katherine Kemler, Anne Zentner, and Rosy Sackstein.