Emily Praetorius is from Ojai, CA and recently completed her DMA at Columbia University in New York. She is the co-owner of Kuro Kirin Espresso and Coffee. Previously, Emily studied composition and clarinet performance at the University of Redlands (BM) and composition at Manhattan School of Music (MM). Emily has studied with Kathryn Nevin (clarinet), Susan Botti, Georg Friedrich Haas, George Lewis, and Anthony Suter, with additional guidance from Reiko Fueting and Sam Pluta.

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? Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:43 Coffee business
00:85 Transferable skills
11:17 “Here There Then Now,” for string quartet
14:55 Just going for it in “Here There Then Now”
17:19 Breathing sounds
24:26 Escapism
26:45 Ojai Music Festival
28:48 “Nothing Never Always Sometimes,” for mixed ensemble
33:27 Titles
35:00 Piccolo/tenor sax doubling
37:52 Saxophones
40:05 Wind ensembles
47:12 Post-school feelings toward music as a career
53:42 Money