Emma Brown

Emma Brown is a violist and violinist originally from northern Vermont. She started her musical training in the Suzuki method on the violin at the age of seven and discovered her love for the viola in high school. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY in 2016. Prior to moving to South Carolina in 2018 she served as the Assistant Director and master teacher for the SOAR (Strings Off and Running) program at St. Mary’s School in Cortland, NY in addition to teaching private violin and viola lessons and performing with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and Clinton Symphony Orchestra. 

Emma was the first violist to receive a Master of Music degree in Violin and Viola Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina in 2020. While at UofSC she studied viola with Dr. Daniel Sweaney and Suzuki Pedagogy with Dr. Samara Humbert-Hughes. Emma also served as the Assistant Director of the University of South Carolina String Project under the direction of Dr. Gail V. Barnes. In addition to her position at SAC she serves as the conductor of the Prelude Orchestra for the South Carolina Philharmonic Youth Orchestras and performs as a freelance violinist and violist across the Southeast.