Educator
Ever enthusiastic about the art of creative teaching, Emily is sought after for her music-centered approach and her considerable experience. She was guest teacher for historical trombone at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2023/24, subsequently acquiring a Master’s in Historical Trombone Pedagogy with honours at the same institution in 2024. In June 2025 she was appointed teacher for Baroque Trombone at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Musikschule (CH).
Emily is committed to combining her knowledge of historical performance practice with contemporary pedagogy. Her 2024 Master’s thesis on how a historical approach to teaching can foster more imaginative instrumental lessons was recognised by the prestigious Walter and Corina Christen-Marchal-Stiftung award (CH), and in 2023 she was named winner of Early Music Vancouver’s Emerging Artist Competition (CA) for her focus on vocality when teaching.
Emily enjoys teaching on numerous courses and workshops, including at the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz (DE), on La Furta’s summer and winter courses (CH), and at events organised by the Eastern Early Music Forum (UK). She also maintains a private teaching studio for both modern and historical trombone. Emily holds a teaching licentiate (LRAM) from the Royal Academy of Music (UK), and takes an active role in learning and participation projects with such organisations as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stour Early Music Festival, Glyndebourne Opera House, and the English Touring Opera (UK).
Early Music Vancouver
Emerging Artist Competition Winner 2023
Barock Posaune, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Musikschule, Switzerland
Individual lessons and ensemble classes for all ages and levels.
La Furta: Winterkurs Alte Musik, Basel, Switzerland
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th February 2027
Chamber music course for instrumentalists.
Alte Musik Kurs, Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th June 2027
Open to singers and instrumentalists.
La Furta: Sommerkurs Alte Musik, Aarau, Switzerland
Sunday 4th - Saturday 10th July 2027
Chamber music course for instrumentalists.
Researcher
As a researcher, Emily is currently focusing on Michael Praetorius’ description of the English Consort in Syntagma Musicum III, and his explicit inclusion of the “soft” trombone. She shared her research at the Studientag Posaune in alter Mensur at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in March 2025, and presented her paper The Trombone in the English Consort: A Product of Transcultural Exchange at the Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference in July 2025, hosted jointly by the Universities of Durham, Northumbria, and Newcastle (UK). She is working towards publishing her work in the near future.