A Churchill Fellowship recipient & Australian D’Addario Woodwinds Artist, Dr Emma Di Marco is Contemporary saxophonist and Music Educator. She maintains a portfolio career as a performer, chamber musician, educator, artistic director, Business Owner, and researcher. As a champion of Australian music, Emma has toured on multiple occasions with programs of specially commissioned Australian works. Emma is a Casual Academic in saxophone at The University of Queensland; operates her own business, Emma Di Marco Music, publishing quality woodwind sheet music as well as providing consulting services; and also is head of woodwind at a prestigious Brisbane school. Emma is a founding member of the Barega Saxophone Quartet and has performed across Australia and Europe with the group As well AS Releasing two albums of commissioned Australian Repertoire. Emma is a casual saxophonist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She holds a Phd In musicology and is regularly featured in industry events including four World Saxophone Congresses. She can be heard on her Ep, Her two Albums with Barega Sax, or one of her many popular social media channels.
Emma is an advocate for new Australian music and supporting young composers -
As a champion of Australian music, Emma has toured Australia on multiple occasions with programs that consisted of specially commissioned Australian works. These performances featured collaborations with Australian artists including Nexas Quartet and the Hourglass Ensemble. Emma has performed in recital in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Hobart and has performed internationally in the USA, the UK, France, Ukraine, and Croatia. She is a regular on the industry conference scene with performances at three World Saxophone Congresses (Zagreb 2018, Strasbourg 2015, St Andrews 2012), the Australasian Saxophone and Clarinet Conference (Sydney 2013), and the Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival (Melbourne 2011). Emma has completed two solo tours across Australia - Shimmer in 2016 and East Coast Tour in 2014 - which both featured new compositions for solo saxophone by young Australian composers.
Emma & the Barega Saxophone Quartet -
Emma is a founding member of acclaimed chamber ensemble, the Barega Saxophone Quartet. Her involvement with Barega has seen over a dozen new works for saxophone quartet commissioned, multiple tours interstate and internationally, as well as collaborations with Trichotomy, Hourglass Ensemble, the Queensland Wind Orchestra, Lyre Duo, and a range of visual artists. In 2016, Barega were featured soloists with the Queensland Wind Orchestra and performed David Maslanka’s Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble. Barega Saxophone Quartet released their debut album, Three Serpents, in 2015 which featured Australian compositions written especially for the ensemble. Their sophomore album, Abandon Control, was released in late 2017 and presents a wide selection of contemporary repertoire for four saxophones by both Australian composers and young artists. Both albums feature a collaboration with visual artist Megan Crocombe. The ensemble conducted performance abroad in 2018 (Zagreb, Croatia) as well as engaging locally in Brisbane with Made Now Music and the Queensland Conservatorium.
Emma & Vincent
Inspired by her Italian-immigrant grandfather work ethic and wanting to expand her business offerings outside of the music realm, Emma founded her company, Emma & Vincent, in late 2019. This is a female-led Australian small business focussed on delivering high-quality products for all ambitious and goal-oriented women developed with the wisdom Emma has gleaned from fifteen years in the classical music industry. Success as a musician requires you to develop strong project management skills, a high level of personal discipline, and the ability to set lofty goals and systematically work towards them. Emma has taken these attributes and has developed a range of products all geared towards developing these personal skills in every customer, no matter their industry or professional background. Emma & Vincent is currently developing their high-end Signature range and expanding a number of digital and printed planner and organisational products.