Emma Krause
About
Emma Krause is a flute and piccolo player from Downers Grove, IL. She received her Master of Music from New England Conservatory under the instruction of Cindy Meyers in May 2026. At NEC, Emma also earned a teaching artistry concentration where she studied the implementation of instrumental music in early childhood classrooms. She earned her Bachelor of Music, cum laude, from Northwestern University in June of 2024 where her principal teachers were John Thorne, Jennifer Gunn, and Alyce Johnson. In 2025, Emma was the U.S. finalist in the Kujala International Piccolo Competition and placed fourth internationally. Orchestrally, she has performed with the New World Symphony and Atlantic Symphony. In May 2026, along with the Boston Pops, Emma gives the Symphony Hall premiere of Copland’s Duo for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (an orchestration of the composer’s Duo for Flute and Piano) under Maestro Keith Lockhart. This arrangement by D. Wilson Ochoa, librarian of the Boston Symphony, premiered in October 2025.
In addition to performing, Emma is a passionate educator. She teaches private flute lessons and early childhood music classes, and she has directed elementary, middle, and high school band. In the 2024-2025 academic year, Emma was a teaching fellow for NEC and taught woodwind classes at Otis Elementary in East Boston.
Emma has spent summers at Orford Music and joins the National Repertory Orchestra for their summer festival in 2026.