Stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Emily became a full-time musician with the Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy in 2017. A member of the Canadian Armed Forces since 2011, she has had many opportunities to perform across Canada and internationally in the United States, Bermuda, France, Belgium and New Zealand. Emily has performed with various orchestras such as the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the National Academy Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Emily‘s formal training includes a Bachelor of music with honours in music education from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters of music performance at the University of Ottawa under the tutelage of Karen Donnelly. Emily is currently the trumpet instructor with the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University.