Portland Metropolitan Region

Emily Seo

Elmonica Division Instructor

Emily Seo is a freshman at Jesuit High School. She started studying cello at the age of 5. She currently studies with Professor Hamilton Cheifetz. Emily joined the Portland Youth Philharmonic in 2017, this year will be her fourth season in the Philharmonic Orchestra.

Emily received an Artistic Merit Award and participated in the 2023 Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy, where she received lessons with Richard Aaron and Amir Eldan, professors at the University of Michigan. This year, she was a winner of the 2023 Monday Musical Club Scholarship. She was also a finalist for the 2023 Oregon Mozart Players Young Soloists Competition and 2023 Young Artist Debut by MetroArts. She was also selected to play in the 2022 Oregon ASTA Honors Recital. Emily won a first prize in Oregon for the 2022 OPUS Music Competition and an honorable mention in the 2022 Oregon MTNA Junior Strings Competition. She has performed in masterclasses from Norman Fischer, Peter Prosser, Dennis Parker, and the Pacifica Quartet. Emily was one of only three students in the Portland area chosen to participate in a masterclass with Johannes Moser in 2022. Besides cello, she enjoys cross-county and reading novels.

(Fall 2023)