Maestra • For the women and nonbinary people who make the music in the musical theater industry.

Biography

Emma is a passionate artist and multi-instrumentalist at Sarah Lawrence College. She currently studies drumming 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. 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 competitive experience in Irish music as a bodhran player.