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Emily Thomas is pursuing her Masters at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Robert Langevin, principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic. She has been awarded the New Horizons Fellowship and Academy of American conductors’ fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival where she also won second prize in woodwind concerto competition (2005).

Highlights of her past and present seasons include performances at Carnegie Hall (NYC) with the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Theatre (DC), Lorin Maazel’s private concert Hall in Castleton (VA), Huntsville Symphony Orchestra (AL), collaboration with Joshua Bell and Christian Tetzlaff at Aspen Festival (CO). She has also been featured twice on NPR's “From the Top” Radio show.

Born in Huntsville (AL), Emily attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and was a member of the Interlochen Ensemble, touring throughout Michigan. She is second runner up in the Blount Concerto Competition in Montgomery (AL) and a semifinalist at the National Flute Association's High School Soloist Competition, where she was awarded the best performance of the contemporary piece. Emily is also the newly appointed flutist in the Chamber Orchestra of New York and also regularly appears in ABC’s daytime soap Opera “All my Children.”