About
Emma Reinhart is a saxophonist, woodwinds specialist, and music educator originally from Southern California. She is currently performing woodwinds (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone) in Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Ragtime.
At home in the musical theater pit, Emma relocated to New York City in the spring of 2022 after performing the reeds chair on the First National tour of Jimmy Buffett's Broadway musical, Escape to Margaritaville. She most recently performed woodwinds (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones) in the orchestra of Sunset Blvd on Broadway, starring Nicole Scherzinger. Emma has served as a substitute musician on Broadway (Moulin Rouge, The Wiz, Suffs, Some Like It Hot, How to Dance in Ohio, 2022 and 2023 Radio City Christmas Spectacular), in addition to holding chairs in bands Off-Broadway: A Sign of the Times at New World Stages (early 2024), I Can Get it For You Wholesale at Classic Stage Company (fall 2023), and Cornelia Street at Atlantic Theater Company (early 2023). She can be heard on the new cast album of I Can Get It For You Wholesale, recorded at Power Station in 2024.
Emma's musical foundation is in concert and classical saxophone. She has been a guest saxophonist and clarinetist with the American Symphony Orchestra (NYC), New Jersey Symphony, New World Symphony (Miami Beach, FL), Downey Symphony Orchestra, Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, CA), and the American Youth Symphony (Los Angeles, CA). She is a proponent of new music for the saxophone, having collaborated with composers at the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan. Emma also enjoys performing in saxophone quartet, saxophone ensemble, and mixed chamber music settings.
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A versatile musician, Emma was a member of the 2015 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band, where she performed a variety of styles including jazz and commercial music. During her collegiate career, Emma studied jazz composition/arranging, performed in big bands, and enjoyed playing for private events in Southern California with her own jazz trio. Since then, she has appeared with the Lansing Orchestra Jazz Band, Igor Kogan's Big Band (Los Angeles), Swingadelic and Kevin Blancq Big Bands (NYC), the Ted Herman Jazz Orchestra, and swing dance bands in the Palm Springs area.
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Emma is a Teaching Artist with the New York Pops Educational Program and woodwind faculty at the British International School of New York. She is also adjunct faculty at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA (remotely). Emma maintains a private studio and is available for in-person or Zoom lessons. For more information about Emma's teaching, please visit this page.
Emma is available to record for multimedia and film projects, either in-studio or remotely. She recently recorded saxophone tracks for an award-winning indie film, "Shangri-La." Other projects include a series of clarinet tracks for the Use Your Voice global collaboration, featuring over 150 musicians from 6 continents; a Hall and Oates arrangement with the Two-Button Brass; an original song by music director and composer Alex "Goldie" Golden; and the second iteration of the #PlayWithEric memorial, raising awareness about young artists' mental health.
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Education and Training
Emma holds a Master of Music degree in Multiple Woodwinds (saxophone, flute, clarinet) from the University of Michigan, where she specialized in saxophone under renowned pedagogue and performer, Dr. Timothy McAllister. She also studied and performed on flute and clarinet with the University of Michigan Bands. She concurrently earned a second Master of Music degree in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation from the University of Michigan under Dr. Andrew Bishop and Dr. Ed Sarath.
Prior to her studies in Ann Arbor, Emma graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music with a Bachelor’s Degree in saxophone performance and a minor in music industry. While at USC, Emma studied saxophone with Drs. Jessica Maxfield, Christopher Bartz, and Douglas Masek; clarinet with Professor David Howard; flute with Professor Gary Woodward; and oboe with Dr. Joel Timm.