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Emily Rosenfield

Emily Rosenfield

She/Her

Biography

Emily Rosenfield is a guitarist, producer, and arranger based out of Los Angeles, CA. She can be seen and heard on NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge with alt-pop star Rina Sawayama, Post Malone, and Yungblud. She has played and toured around the world, including recent performances at Glastonbury Festival, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Summer Sonic, Hollywood Bowl, Reading Festival, and more.

Emily is honored to have been the first woman to play guitar for the Broadway musical Hamilton. In 2021-22, she held down the guitar chair for the And Peggy company, later going on to perform the show as a dep on London’s West End. 

As a session musician, she has played on a diverse array of projects, including Pixar's Luca, Rent: Live on FOX, TV's Good Trouble (Freeform), Wake Up by Fat Tony (Carpark Records), Darren Criss's Royalties (Quibi), and Tan Weiwei: Live at EastWest. She has written, arranged, and produced music for Freeform and Disney Channel, and provided custom music for podcasts, commercials, and sample packs. In 2021, she collaborated with songwriter Payson Lewis, arranging and co-producing an EP for vocals, guitar, and string quartet.

Emily is a graduate of USC’s Thornton School of Music, having studied in the Studio/Jazz Guitar and Popular Music programs. When not performing live, she works out of her home studio collaborating on and delivering tracks to songwriters, producers, and composers.

Professional Experience

  • Broadway
  • West End
  • Regional
  • Concerts/Cabaret
  • TV/Film
  • Tours

Regions

  • NYC/Tri-State Area
  • LA/Southern California

Maestra Expertise

  • Music Director/Conductor (Baton)
  • Orchestrator
  • Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
  • Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
  • Music Copyist
  • Music Producer/Record Producer
  • Recording Studio Engineer

Primary Instruments

  • Guitar - acoustic
  • Guitar - electric

Additional Instruments

  • Banjo
  • Bass - electric
  • Keytar
  • Mandolin
  • Synth - keyboards
  • Ukulele

Software

  • Ableton
  • Logic
  • Pro-Tools
  • Sibelius

Additional Skills

  • Home Studio Whiz

Affiliations

  • THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
  • BMI