“The biggest improvisational contribution came from Seattle Rock Orchestra cello player, Emily Peterson. Her on-the-spot layering gave the night’s reflective folk-pop songs an extra hint of sensitive personality.”
Emily Ann Peterson’s cello was born in 1998 - 3 years after her own life as a cellist began. From the beginning, her involvement in the music community consisted of multiple chamber groups, orchestras, chamber music coaching and other gigs which, for now, shall go unnamed and stay in her mother’s scrapbook. ;-)
2009 has held sharing the stage with Seattle-sensations like Rosie Thomas, Damien Jurado, Joshua Roman, Grand Hallway, Shannon Stephens, Tara Ward & Jesse Sykes.
Teaching
Students, of all ages, taught under Emily receive the best type of positive, honest, and specific attention while spurring them on towards great character and achievement. She values not only musicians but quality human beings who love others - this is her goal for teaching anyone. Children hold the sweetest and purest love for others - Emily desires to nurture this type of love in all her students, of all ages, through music (and the cello specifically.) She is a firm believer that music can be a food for love - if not, certainly the best environment for it.
Her study of the cello has occurred under accomplished names such as Myrna Trent, Vincent Pugh, Dr. Alexander Ezerman, and Dr. Nathan Whittaker. She received her training as a Suzuki teacher through excellent one-on-one pedagogy lessons from Dr. David Evenchick who has 30+ years of Suzuki teaching under his belt.
Performances
As well as classical, Emily is a talented improvisational cellist. She has performed with numerous types of musicians from blue grass, country, alternative rock, hard rock, jazz, mellow, to folk - the list goes on and on... She has performed in venues both big and small - Bass Hall (Fort Worth, TX), Triple Door (Seattle, WA), Benaroya Hall (Seattle, WA), sanctuaries, universities, and skuzzy bars (across the nation,) and Hemmle Hall (Lubbock, TX). She finds herself regularly collaborating with Karin Stevens (dancer), Jubilee: An Abolitionist band, & Talitha Bullock.
Recording
As a studio musician she brings her classical background and her improvisational composition skills to meet in the middle. There aren’t too many musicians who can marry those two skills for a successful and timely result in the recording studio. Book her cello chops today and click here for more information.
Business Consulting
Business advice and a business mentoring relationship is key to making your life self-sustained as an artist. As a businesswoman, she gives consultation to other musicians who need "that special something to amp up their act." She received her Bachelor's of Business Management from Texas Tech University with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship and “makin’ sumin’ outta nuttin’.” She is the founder and executive director of a non-profit music project called Turkish Delight, which was featured in local TV and newspapers.
Today, you might find Emily amongst her spare time in the Fremont Abbey Arts Center’s basement doing web development, systems management, and public relations.
Memberships
Emily is a member of the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Rock Orchestra, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Grammys), Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Suzuki Association of the Americas, and New Directions Cello Association. She is an alumnus of the Colorado Suzuki Institute & Texas Cello Academy, and has been a Faculty Member of the Fremont Music School.
