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 2023-4, and was the first student to obtain a Pedagogy Master’s in Historical Trombone at the same institution, under the joint tutelage of Catherine Motuz and Michael Büttler. 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.
Alte Musik Kurs, Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th June 2026
Open to singers and instrumentalists.
La Furta: Sommerkurs Alte Musik, Aarau, Switzerland
Sunday 5th - Saturday 11th July 2026
Chamber music course for instrumentalists.
Website coming soon. Please use my contact form for more information.
HISS: Historically Informed Summer School, Beverley, England
Monday 17th - Friday 21st August 2026
Open to singers and wind string, plucked, and keyboard instruments.
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 2025 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.