Emma is a sophomore this year at Westlake High School. She has been studying piano with Marina Gushansky for the past nine years. Emma has participated in the Certificate of Merit program for many years, and has passed level 10 last year. She has earned Branch Honors every year and has performed at several MTAC Conventions. Emma was selected as a first place winner of the Liana Cohen Music Festival two times. She has recently won second place at the Great Composers Competition in The Music of 20th Century (2019) category. She also won the Young Artist Concerto competition and was selected to play with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic three times. Aside from piano, Emma plays #1 for Westlake High School's tennis team and is ranked in the top 50 nationally. She takes all AP/Honors classes and is a straight A student.
