Emily Senchuk, originally from Detroit, is a versatile woodwind performer and teacher, who performs in a variety of musical styles ranging from symphony orchestra and chamber ensembles to musical theatre and jazz big bands. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Composition from Wayne State University where she also studied flute, clarinet, saxophone and piano with Detroit Symphony musicians such as Clement Barone and Theodore Oien, along with top jazz performers in the Metro Detroit area like Chris Collins.  Emily has performed with Johnny Mathis, Steve Lawrence & Edie Gourmet, the Fox Theatre Motown Revival, Rick Marghiza, and many ensembles including Torrance and Antelope Valley Symphonies, Torrance Civic Chorale, Orchestra Santa Monica, Composers Ensemble of Los Angeles, and has been a featured soloist with the Palisades Symphony. 

Emily performs regularly with several ensembles including the Golden State Pops Orchestra, MESTO and the Orchestra Santa Monica Woodwind Quintet which brings educational programs to hundreds of school children each year and promotes new music by local composers in their chamber music concerts. She also performs with, manages and composes for the Los Angeles Flute Orchestra.  Many of her works for flute ensemble have been performed at the National Flute Association’s National Conventions and have received honors in the NFA’s Newly Published Music Competition

Her love of teaching is equal to that of performing and she has taught privately and in many schools in Michigan and California for over fifteen years.  Like her performance resume, her teaching experience is multifaceted and includes private lessons, small group lessons, general music classes, chamber ensemble coaching, and band and orchestra classes. She is a member of Music Teachers’ Association of Calfornia and currently is the State Wind Coordinator for MTAC.  In addition to teaching privately, she also teaches instrumental music classes at the UCLA Lab School through Children’s Music Workshop and is a woodwind coach for St. Matthew’s School, the DreamWind program at John Adams Middle School and the Elemental Band program.