Ms. Emily Hale

Emily Hale teaches a private violin studio in Roslindale, MA, and serves as Instructor of Violin and Viola at Bridgewater State University. She has taught, coached chamber music or given masterclasses at the Suzuki Talent Education Partnership (Springfield, MA), CREC International Magnet School (Hartford, CT), South Shore Conservatory, the Royal College of Music Junior Department (London, UK), and Elizabethtown College Summer Music Camp, among others. Emily’s inventive baroque music workshops and Pajama Concerts for children offer new audiences a friendly introduction to music of the past at schools and libraries. As a performer, Emily has been heard with period instrument ensembles including The Sebastians and Four Nations Ensemble, and on BBC Chanel 4, at the Valetta International Baroque Festival and London Handel Festival. Emily earned degrees in Violin Performance from Houghton College (BMus) and Penn State University (MMus) and an MPerf in Historical Performance, Royal College of Music in London, winning the McKenna Prize for Baroque Music. She has served on the board of Suzuki:MA and is a co-founder and past president of the Central Pennsylvania Suzuki Association’s Centre Country chapter.