Music
Mary Emmons
Mary Emmons is percussionist and educator currently based in Columbia, MO where she is completing her Masters in Percussion Performance at the University of Missouri. Before coming to Missouri, Mary received her Bachelor’s in Music Performance from the University of Tennessee-Martin. It was at UT Martin where she found her passion for pedagogy, chamber music, and African Diasporic music. As a teacher, Mary serves as the Percussion Studio Teaching Assistant at Mizzou and maintains a studio of private students. In her appointment at Mizzou, she teaches applied percussion, Percussion techniques, directs the Non-Major Percussion Ensemble, and has co-caught the World Percussion Ensemble alongside Dr. Megan Arns. In addition to this, Mary teaches music theory for the Missouri Symphony Conservatory and serves as the Assistant Conservatory Coordinator. She has presented clinics and masterclasses at public schools and universities across Tennessee and Missouri. As a performer, Mary has been seen with the Memphis Repertory Orchestra (Memphis, TN), the Jackson Symphony Orchestra (Jackson, TN), the 9th Street Philharmonic (Columbia, MO), the Columbia Civic Orchestra (Columbia, MO), the Missouri Symphony (Columbia, MO), and has participated in the NYU Broadway Percussion Seminar and the Sō Percussion Summer Institute. Committed to the creation of new music, Mary has commissioned and premiered several new works, from composers including Stephen Downing, Gavin Kitchen, and Maria Disandro. Outside of her formal studies at UT Martin and Mizzou, Mary has traveled to Ghana to study traditional music and dance at the Dagara Music Center in Medie and has worked with other master musicians such as Musekiwa Chingodza, Taffie Mature, and Othnell Moyo.
www.maryemmons.com
www.maryemmons.com