Emerson Millar joined the Seattle Symphony in 2022 as Second Assistant Concertmaster. From 2018–2022, she was Co-Concertmaster of the Naples Philharmonic. A graduate of the Colburn School, she studied with Robert Lipsett and was a fellow at the New World Symphony for one season. Millar has appeared as guest Concertmaster with the Nashville Symphony and participated in the Aspen, Verbier, and Tanglewood music festivals. A winner of the New World Symphony concerto competition, she performed Barber’s Violin Concerto in 2018. Originally from Ithaca, New York, she grew up on a 100-acre organic farm and plays a French violin made in 1897 by H.C. Silvestre.