Violinist Emily Popham Gillins has traveled throughout the US, Europe, Korea, and Israel as a soloist and chamber musician. As first violinist of The Degas String Quartet and a member of the Sejong Soloists, Emily has performed at the Library of Congress and at the Kennedy Center. Other collaborations include concerts at the Prussia Cove International Musicians Seminar, and the Aspen and Ravinia music festivals. She completed degrees from Indiana University, The Juilliard School, and Manhattan School of Music, studying with Miriam Fried, Robert Mann, and Sylvia Rosenberg. Emily has served as concertmaster of the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, assistant concertmaster of the Sarasota Opera, and as a faculty member of the Summertrios festival in Pennsylvania. She is currently a member of the New York Chamber Soloists. As part of her Academy program, Emily taught in Queens at PS 282K.