bio
Emily Erekson is a NYC-based interdisciplinary artist, composer, and performer known for creating collaborative communities that explore the intersections of visual arts, performing arts, and social sciences. Her work has been showcased at Columbia University, Carnegie Hall, Northern Manhattan’s Higher Ground Festival, the DUMBO Improvement District, and the Church History Museum. Her online interactive visual and sound installation, was this the face, a grant winner from the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts' Art for Uncertain Times virtual exhibit, was recently exhibited on the Manhattan Bridge, and her interactive installation Out of the Rolling Ocean was commissioned and presented by the Center’s 2019 Arts Festival in Manhattan. Emily was a featured artist in SCIART MAGAZINE’s June 2020 issue on algorithmic and interdisciplinary art, and she has recently received grants and awards from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, as well as sponsorships from THE BLOCKS and the Salt Lake City Library.
A passionately eclectic pianist, she’s performed classical, jazz, and art-rock at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Utah Governor’s Mansion, the Utah State Capitol, and various venues throughout Europe. She has been featured on The Mormon Channel and has opened for several major acts, including Neon Trees. She has an MM in piano performance from Brigham Young University where she studied piano with Irene Peery-Fox and Scott Holden, and composition with Nicholas Giusti and Christian Asplund.