Emma Fischer
Emma Fischer
Sinfonia East Conductor
Emma Fischer is the Director of Instrumental Music at Hidden River Middle School in St. Paul, where they teach orchestra, band, and percussion. Emma’s teaching and conducting are grounded in 3Es: Equity, Empowerment, and Excellence. They hope that, through music, students and audiences have the opportunity to embrace their own genius and find beauty in the world we live in.
Emma studies piano and trumpet, and their musical journey took them to Gustavus Adolphus College, where they graduated summa cum laude. At the same time, they were inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education and Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society in Music.
Emma has toured and performed internationally in Sweden, Norway, Singapore, and Malaysia. In addition to Emma’s teaching engagements, they are also the conductor for Minneapolis Community Education’s summer musicals.
Emma lives in Uptown in Minneapolis and likes to spend their free time enjoying the lakes, expanding their musical skills (they are currently practicing songwriting), trying out new restaurants, and visiting local art shows.