[BIO]A native of Abingdon, Virginia Emily Rose completed her undergraduate studies at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) where she received degrees in both Clarinet Performance & K-12 Instrumental Music Education. Currently, Emily is pursuing a Doctoral degree in Clarinet Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she completed her Master’s previously. Emily serves 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.Throughout her career Emily has performed in Southwest Virginia, North and South Carolina, Nebraska, Connecticut, and New Mexico in various solo, chamber, collaborative, and new music ensembles. She has been a featured soloist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, performer at both the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, CT 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 as well as the Platinum prize for the Concerto category with the Excellent Musicianship Special Prize in the same category for 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 lectures and performances at Southwest Virginia Community College, PennState, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Most recently, she recorded the clarinet part for Backyard Farmer's newest theme arrangement, arranged by composerJosh Aguiar. Backyard Farmer is the longest-running, locally-produced television show in the nation, you can learn more about them below:
https://byf.unl.eduEmily’s teaching style stems from her love of instrumental pedagogy, merging traditional clarinet techniques and study with musicians’ wellness, highlighted through the Alexander Technique experience. These approaches aim to bring consciousness and mindfulness to a student’s everyday practice and performance study, thereby aiding in difficulties that arise with both performance anxiety and instrumental practice injury.In the future, Emily hopes to develop a series of original, Electroacoustic Etudes for undergraduate and graduate clarinetists by expanding upon work for her upcoming Doctoral Document. These studies will introduce and scaffold students through the pedagogy and technique involved in performing electroacoustic clarinet pieces. This would allow students to gain practical experience in handling various types of performance technology as well as promote ease of access to the electroacoustic performance genre. Providing students with the direct application of techniques one may experience, again, in this genre of literature is critical from an early stage of performance. These studies will take the same developmental approach as other technique and melodic-based studies such as that of the Kropech, Rose, Cavallini, and Jean-Jean studies. Her document will aim to highlight pieces that are suitable given the students technical ability givied the range, length, style, electronic typings, composer, year, purchase site, and short description of the electronics and piece itself.As a performer, Emily advocates and performs new music compositions in hopes to bolster collaborations with composers and other various media creators. Her most recent escapades have included designing and creating visual media for various compositions and composers, which she has also performed. You can find some of these recordings in the performance category on her site, as well as the graphic designs she has created for individual commissions, the ICA, and UNL Clarinet Studio.A member of both the International Clarinet Association and the National Association for Music Educators, Emily now serves as Chair of the Membership and Development Committee for the ICA. Her work with the ICA has provided her with experience formulating proposals for the organization’s funding projects as well as organization of membership databases to allow for new website communications on the ICA page. This non-profit work has given her experience organizing competition opportunities for various age groups, including refinement of prizes, panels, masterclasses, studio and regional contests as well as writing organization grants and proposals for funding projects.In her spare time, Emily works in the Lincoln area for the organization Arts Incorporated, where she coordinates volunteers for various organizations and manages the Capital Jazz Society. She enjoys spending time drawing, backpacking, and when not noodling she can be found playing various video games alongside her boyfriend, composer Josh Aguiar.
If you're ever interested in having a lesson with me, I currently reside in the Lincoln, Nebraska area. I also offer online lessons via Zoom for increments of 30, 45, and 60 minutes for those non-local students. Email me if you happen to be interested and we can schedule a trial lesson!
