About Emily
Emily Valine maintains a private piano studio in Duluth, MN and has been teaching piano lessons since 2009. Emily is an active member of Minnesota Music Teachers Association, serving as treasurer of the local chapter, Arrowhead Music Teachers Association; and as site administrator for MMTA piano and theory exams, Music Bridges, and the Ensemble Festival in the NE-Duluth region. She is recognized by Music Teachers National Association as a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) and is also an MMTA Endorsed Judge, frequently adjudicating for exams and Contest.
Emily is active as a solo and collaborative pianist in the Twin Ports area. She is the Staff Accompanist at The College of St. Scholastica, where she collaborates with the CSS Choral Ensembles, accompanies vocal and instrumental music majors, and also serves as Fine Arts Department Administrative Assistant. Emily is a collaborative pianist with the Lake Superior Youth Chorus (Cantemus) and the Twin Ports Choral Project. In 2015, she received the Advocate for Choral Excellence Award from the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) of MN.
Emily holds a B.A. in Music (Piano Performance and Pedagogy) from The College of St. Scholastica, where she studied piano, harpsichord, and pedagogy with Dr. LeAnn House. Emily began playing the piano at age 7, and her previous teachers include Gretchen Chelseth, Jan Erickson, and Sharon Brown.
Photo credit: Derek Montgomery Photography
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
by Johann Sebastian Bach
arr. Wilhelm Kempff
Emily Valine, piano
Scaramouche pour deux pianos, Op. 165b
by Darius Milhaud
Emily Valine and David Packa, pianos
The Music of Living
by Dan Forrest
Twin Ports Choral Project
Bret Amundson, director
Emily Valine, pianist
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
music by William M. Runyan
arranged and performed by Emily Valine