[BIO]Clarinetist Emily Rose is a native of Southwest Virginia, born in Abingdon, VA (1994). In 2015, Emily completed her undergraduate studies at Southwest Virginia Community College and in 2019, she completed study at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) receiving dual degrees in Clarinet Performance & K-12 Instrumental Education. In 2024, she completed her doctoral studies in Clarinet Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she completed her master’s previously (2021). She is a student of Joseph Trivette, Andrea Cheeseman, and Diane Barger.During her time in Nebraska, Emily served as the Woodwind Professor at Concordia University in Seward, NE, the Adjunct Clarinet Professor at Union College in Lincoln, NE, and the Woodwind, Pre-school, and Art Instructor at Music Works Academy in Beatrice, NE. Since moving to Pennsylvania, she has served as a 3-8th grade instrumental music instructor with Northeastern Music Programs teaching at schools such as St. Thomas More, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Holy Family School. Now, Emily resides in Bethlehem, PA and works a private woodwind instructor; in addition, she serves as the interim Clarinet Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania as well as a clarinet and saxophone instructor at Menchey School of Music in Reading, PA. She regularly freelances and performs as a clarinetist with the Allentown Band, America's oldest concert band (1828).Throughout her career Emily has performed across the United States in various solo, chamber, and new music ensembles. She has been a featured soloist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs at festivals, such as the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, the International Music by Women Festival in Mississippi, the S.H.E. Festival in Arkansas, the ICA's ClarinetFest in Forth Worth 2025, and the John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium in Albuquerque, NM.In 2024, Emily won First Prize for the Charleston International Music Competition's 2024 Winter Music Competition, performing the First Movement of Franz Tischhauser's Beggar's Concerto. Emily additionally won Platinum prize for the Modern (17+) category and Concerto category, with the Excellent Musicianship Special Prize, in the Eric Satie International Music Competition in the same year. In 2022, she was the Second Place winner of the Romantic Music category in the Charleston International Music Competition, performing Debussy's Premiere Rhapsodie. In 2023, her trio won Second Place in the Charleston International Music Competition's 20th Century Music Category for their performance of Gweneth Walker’s Emily! From New England and third place for her solo performance of Judith Shatin's Penelope's Song for amplified clarinet and electronics.Over the years, Emily has been invited to give guest Masterclasses at Appalachian State University’s Cannon Music Camp in free improvisation, as well as music entrepreneurship lectures for the Sigma Alpha Iota chapter of Nebraska. Additional masterclass appearances include those at Southwest Virginia Community College, Lehigh University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha; these included lectures and recitals on the study of electroacoustic repertoire for the clarinet and clarinet family.Emily’s teaching style stems from her love of instrumental pedagogy, merging the expectations of traditional clarinet study with entrepreneurship, collaborations, and musicians’ wellness. These approaches aim to bring consciousness and mindfulness to a student’s everyday practice, including their performance presence and approach, while simultaneously bolstering their confidence as a working musician in today's field.As a performer, Emily advocates and performs new music compositions regularly. Her primary field of research is the study of electroacoustic repertoire, specifically the analysis of works suitable for study by pre-college and undergraduate clarinetists. Collaborating with performers and composers has been a lifelong goal, merging her love for visual media with that of interdisciplinary relativity and performance.Emily serves as a member of both the International Clarinet Association and was a founding member, chair and co-chair of the Membership and Development Committee for the ICA. Over the course of her time in Nebraska, Emily worked for the non-profit organization Arts Incorporated, where she coordinated events, functions, and grants for the Capital Jazz Society, Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, and Lincoln Municipal Band. Present endeavors have her working with her partner, Josh Aguiar, on game development as well as idiomatic, miniature pieces for the Bb, A, and Bass Clarinet. Additionally, she creates many varying styles of visual media, including those with inks, gouache, and digital mediums.Outside of the world of clarinet-ing, Emily spends her time drawing, reading Marvel comics [Dr. Strange is a personal favorite], and playing various video games alongside her partner and composer, Josh Aguiar. Emily can be heard in the Backyard Farmer's theme arrangement made by Josh. The Backyard Farmer is the longest-running, locally-produced television show in the nation (https://byf.unl.edu).
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