​A violist and teacher in the greater DC area, Emily freelances with various local ensembles and is frequently invited as a sub to play with orchestras such as the Annapolis and Richmond Symphonies. Emily was previously principal violist of Symphony Number One and a member of the viola section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

​Throughout the summer of 2016 Emily toured with Music in the American Wild, an Eastman-based ensemble, performing eleven newly commissioned works in seven National Parks as part of the celebration of the Park Service centennial. The ensemble recorded all the works in May 2017, with an expected release date in late 2017.

Chamber music engagements have included an “If Music be the Food…” collaboration with Kim Kashkashian in Rochester, NY; a premier of "Bare" by composer Geoff Sheil with Molly Jones, cello; the Eastman Musicale Plus series at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY; and the Forte Chamber Music Series in Lynchburg, VA. 

Emily has spent her summers at the Castleton Festival (VA), Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (VT), Brevard Music Center (NC), as a fellow at the Atlantic Music Festival (ME), as violist of the Franco-American Vocal Academy Salzburg, and as Chamber Music and Library staff for the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (MD). 

Emily earned her MM from the Eastman School of Music with Carol Rodland, and her BM from the University of Maryland, College Park with Katherine Murdock. 

In her spare time, Emily enjoys running, kayaking, completing crossword puzzles, and reading anything and everything from Jane Austen to David Foster Wallace. 

photo credit - Geoff Sheil