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Emily Packard holds a Masters of Music degree in violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory where she studied classical performance with Bettina Mussumeli, and an MFA from Mills College where she studied violin with David Abel and improvisation with Fred Frith.

Emily has played in many symphony orchestras, including Monterey Symphony and Santa Cruz Symphony in California and the Juno Chamber Orchestra in Vermont. She is a founding member of the folk/ rock band Jack O’ The Clock and has played with numerous singer/ songwriters, modern dance and new music groups, including EOS performances at Brattleboro Music Center. Emily has taught private and group lessons at Oakland School for the Arts, Mills College, Crowden School of Music and the El Sistema program Sound Minds. She currently lives in Greystones, Ireland where she teaches violin and plays with the Greystones Orchestra, but is happy to be back home in Vermont for the summer.