Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Emily Ji is a clarinet player and educator who strives to continue the great tradition of French-American clarinet playing that began with Daniel Bonade. She has attended numerous festivals both in the states and abroad, including the Marrowstone Music Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Chautauqua Institution, Zodiac Music Academy and Festival in Valdeblore, France, and AlpenKammerMusik in the Lesachtal Valley of Austria.

 

Emily has performed with renowned conductors including Stephen Rogers Radcliffe, H. Robert Reynolds, Timothy Muffitt, Edwin Outwater, Christian Reif, Joseph Young, Robert Moody, Jacomo Bairos, and Gemma New. Emily has collaborated with members of the San Francisco Symphony, and has shared programs with world renowned chamber ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet. She has performed in master classes for a number of prominent clarinetists including Michel Lethiec, Mark Dover, Ralph Skiano, Anthony McGill, Julian Bliss, and Ricardo Morales.

 

Emily currently serves as the Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Concordia University Ann Arbor. She has taught at a variety of other institutions including the University of Michigan, Siena Heights University, and Western Michigan University. Emily has also worked as a clarinet instructor for Mentors for Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra, MPulse Summer Performing Arts Clarinet Institute, and the San Francisco Symphony Education Department in schools around the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

Emily received her BM in clarinet performance from the University of Michigan, MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree at the University of Michigan. Her primary teachers include Jay deVries (Flint Symphony), Mark Dover (Imani Winds), Chad Burrow (Oklahoma City Philharmonic), Dan Gilbert (Cleveland Orchestra), and Carey Bell (San Francisco Symphony).