Australian composer and horn player.
Works for Brass
- 2018 – The Sunshine Monk for brass quintet
Biography
Emma plays Tutti Horn with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music with Class I Honours from the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, and is currently a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium. Emma has appeared with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Camerata, Opera Australia’s South Pacific, Disney’s The Lion King, and the Welsh Theatre Company for the Tongyeong International Music Festival in South Korea.
Alongside her orchestral career, Emma has built a profile as a composer specialising in writing for horn and brass. Her works have been performed across Australia, the USA, Europe, and Japan in recent years, including a prize-winning piece for the Twin Cities Horn Club in Minnesota, USA. She is enthusiastic about building and contributing to education and community programs, and to this effect maintains a private teaching studio and is the Artistic Director of the Adelaide Horn Jam, an active community horn ensemble.
from the ASO website