About Ms. Emily
Biography
Emily has been teaching privately for 15+ years in San Diego and Orange County. She currently holds a Bachelors of Music and a Masters of Music in Cello Performance from CSU Fullerton where she studied under the tutelage of Bongshin Ko.
Her private studio, EMB Music Studio is located in Rancho Penasquitos. Additionally, she serves as the cello faculty for the San Diego Suzuki School of Music where her students participate in the Suzuki program (group classes, recitals and events).
Besides her Suzuki training, Emily has taken Dalcroze training thru the Kaufman Center in NYC and Music Mind Games, Unit 1 training with the creator Michiko Yurko.
Beyond her passion for teaching cello, she is an avid performer, and has performed solo, orchestral and chamber music in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Luxembourg, South Korea and New York City in addition to Southern California venues. In 2015, Emily made her Carnegie Hall Debut with the CSUF Chamber Orchestra and Choir. Additionally she has had the opportunity to play in the masterclasses of Misha Maiksy, Clive Greensmith, Richard Aaron, and the Kronos Quartet. She currently serves as Principal Cellist for Synesthesia Sinfonietta.
Emily plays on a Tyrolian cello from the 1820's nicknamed "Antonin" after the fake label inside of the maker "Dworak." Besides cello playing, Emily enjoys reading, baking, crafting and spending time outside.
Suzuki Training
Suzuki Cello Core Training
Every Child Can! San Diego Suzuki Institute, 2019
Cello Unit 1 Los Angeles Suzuki Institute, 2017
Cello Unit 1 Studio of Alice Ann O'Neill, 2019
Cello Unit 2 Chicago Suzuki Institute, 2017
Cello Unit 2 San Diego Suzuki Institute, 2019
Cello Unit 3 Chicago Suzuki Institute, 2017
Cello Unit 3 San Diego Suzuki Institute, 2021
Cello Unit 4 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2018
Cello Unit 5 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2018
Cello Unit 6 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2019
Cello Unit 7 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2019
Cello Unit 8 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2021
Cello Unit 9-10 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2022
Cello Practicum Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2021
Supplementary Training & Enrichments
Overview of Cello Units 5-7 San Diego Suzuki Teacher Workshops, 2020
Overview of Cello Units 2-4 San Diego Suzuki Teacher Workshops, 2021
The Business of Institute and Workshop Management, 2021
Pre-Reading and Early-Reading Activities, 2020
Blueprint: Lesson Design 101- designing the structure of a lesson successful & memorable, 2020
Pre-Twinkle Group Class Success: Cello, 2020
Suzuki Cello Teacher Upgrade, 2020
Suzuki Cello Tonalizations, 2022
Additional Training and Experience
Dalcroze Summer Intensives, Lucy Moses Dalcroze School at the Kaufman Center, 2016-2020
Music Mind Games Unit 1, San Diego, 2018
Membership
Suzuki Association of the Americas
Suzuki Music Association of California
San Diego Branch
Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC)
San Diego Branch
Education
California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor's of Music, Cello Performance
2012-2016
California State University, Fullerton
Master's of Music, Cello Performance
2017 - 2020