[BIO]Clarinetist Emily Rose is a native of Southwest Virginia, born in Abingdon (1994) and raised in Columbiaville, MI and Richlands, Va respectively. In 2015, Emily Rose 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).Emily previously 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 St. Thomas More, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Holy Family School. Currently, Emily works out of Bethlehem, PA as a private woodwind instructor; in addition, she serves as the interim Clarinet Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a clarinet and saxophone instructor at Menchey School of Music in Reading, PA and regularly performs as a 1st clarinetist with the Allentown Band, America's oldest concert band (1828).Throughout her career Emily has performed in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Nebraska, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Jersey, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Mexico in various solo, chamber, and new music ensembles. She has been a featured soloist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and an avid performer at festivals, including the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, CT, The International Music by Women Festival in Columbus, MS, The S.H.E. Festival in Fayetteville, AK, 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 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 music entrepreneurship lectures for the Sigma Alpha Iota chapter of Nebraska. Additional masterclass appearances include those it Southwest Virginia Community College, Lehigh University, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha. As of 2024, Emily can be heard in the Backyard Farmer's newest theme arrangement, arranged by composerJosh Aguiar. Backyard Farmer, of which, being the longest-running, locally-produced television show in the nation [ https://byf.unl.edu ].Emily’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, performance approach, and study.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 compositions and composers, of 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; including organizations such as the International Clarinet Association and UNL Clarinet Studio.Emily serves as a member of both the International Clarinet Association and the National Association for Music Educators, previously serving as the 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.Outside of clarinet-ing, she enjoys spending time drawing, reading Marvel comics, and playing various video games alongside her partner and composer, Josh Aguiar. c:
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