Doctor of Musical Arts, Trombone Performance | Arizona State University
Background
Emmy Rozanski is an enthusiastic music educator and active freelance trombonist in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas.
Adjunct music faculty at Alverno College, teaching artist for Sistema Ravinia, and low brass instructor at Highland Park High School.
Traveled to El Salvador in the summers of 2018 and 2019 as a teaching artist with MusAid, leading classes in technique and ensemble skills, as well as teaching private lessons.
Currently the principal trombonist for the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra (Skokie, IL) and has recently performed with the International Women’s Music Festival Orchestra (Madison), Summit Brass (Denver), the Powder River Symphony (Wyoming), and the Billings Symphony (Montana).
Toured Switzerland performing with the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble.
She is researching motivation and growth mindset as they pertain to musicians and educators and presented on these topics at the 2019 International Trombone Festival and International Women’s Brass Conference.
As part of her doctoral project she wrote and illustrated a children’s book about the trombone, Mr. Fitch Joins the Band.
