Dr. Emily Schaefer is Assistant Professor of Horn and Ear Training at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. She performs with North Carolina Opera, Carolina Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and also is a substitute musician with North Carolina Symphony. This is her 3rd summer returning to Caroga Lake.
In 2018, she was appointed to fourth horn with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra for the 2018-19 season before moving to North Carolina. Dr. Schaefer has had the privilege of performing with numerous other orchestras, including the Omaha Symphony, Topeka Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Charlotte Symphony. Her previous summer activities have included Caroga Lake Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Festival Napa Valley, Kent/Blossom Music Festival, Le Domaine Forget, and Eastern Music Festival.
Dr. Schaefer received her DMA at the University of Missouri, Kansas City in May of 2019 where she studied with Martin Hackleman and was a member of the UMKC Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet (Plaza Winds) and taught undergraduate horn students. She holds degrees in horn performance from The Juilliard School (MM) and Cleveland Institute of Music (BM). While at Juilliard, she worked with the Pre-College students weekly in orchestra rehearsals and sectionals coaching the horns and brass. She has studied previously with Karen Schubert of Opera Philadelphia, Richard King of The Cleveland Orchestra and Erik Ralske of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.