Emily Rome

Violist Emily Rome is currently a free-lance player, teacher and music co-director

in the Boston area. She has performed with Boston Modern Orchestra Project,

Boston Ballet Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Back Bay Chorale, Pro Arte

Chamber Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and Portland Symphony

Orchestra, among others.. As a chamber musician she has performed at Jacob’s

Pillow, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival (Colorado), in the “Art of the

Ensemble Series” at The Banff Centre in Canada, at the Yellow Barn Music

Festival (Vermont), at Quartetfest (Toronto), and on the stage of Boston’s Jordan

Hall. Her quartet was also chosen to perform at the Kennedy Center in

Washington D.C.

Emily has a very active teaching career at Rivers School Conservatory. She

especially enjoys working with children and coaching chamber music groups.

She serves as the co-director of the Summer Music program at Rivers. During

the summers, she has been on the faculty for many years at Junior Greenwood

Music Camp. In the past has also served as a coach at Apple Hill Center for

Chamber Music and the Youth Festival Orchestra Summer Program at the New

England Conservatory. Emily studied with Atar Arad at Indiana University, Kim

Kashkashian at New England Conservatory, and Martha Katz at Rice University.

When not teaching and performing, Emily enjoys lifting weights and life with her

two young sons.