Emma Kroll

Biography

Emma is a passionate artist and multi-instrumentalist who recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She studied drums and percussion with Matt Wilson, and blues/jazz music performance with Glenn Alexander. Emma has academic experience in a wide range of music fields, including live performance, recording, sound art, scoring, electronic music, and ethnomusicology.

Emma's theatre experience ranges from dancing and directing to playing in the pit. Most recently she has played drums for new song cycle Open, Stay at 54 Below, and for rock musical Glass Town at The Tank, Culture Lab, and Pete’s Candy Store. She has played in regional productions of Damn Yankees (2017), Mary Poppins (2018), and Head Over Heels (2020) on drum set, auxiliary percussion, and flute. Emma also has been playing local concerts and events and recording with local groups for almost ten years. Her roots are in rock and blues music, and she also has experience in Irish music as a competitive bodhran player.