Emma Sepmeier
Emma Sepmeier is a Chicago-based horn player and teacher. As a performer, Emma has appeared with the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. She is the current horn faculty for Carthage College, the Merit School of Music, and the Music Institute of Chicago. Emma has taught for the youth symphonies of Chicago, Boston, and Milwaukee, as well as for ChiArts High School and The Peoples Music School.
Emma enjoys working with each student to find their voice on the horn. Her students have attended top music schools across the country, ILMEA Regional and All-State festivals, and the summer programs at Interlochen, Blue Lake, Interlochen, Tanglewood, ISYM, and Brevard. Her primary teachers were Eric Ruske and Greg Flint.
Outside of performing and teaching, Emma enjoys arranging music and spending time with her husband Kurt and daughters Thalia and Maeve.