EMERSON GALE

Folk and Classical Violin and Cello, Music Theory and Composition
All-Comers Jam Facilitator
www.emersongale.com
egale@syr.edu


"My mission is to facilitate international education, artistic empowerment and wilderness immersion programs which serve as nourishment for personal, group, and collective wellness transformation."

Emerson holds a BA and MA in Philosophy & Religion with a focus on Ecomusicology. For the last decade, he has been building inter-generational communities via the arts and outdoor education in the U.S., U.K., and China. Emerson has been leading large music ensembles and all-comers jam in Berkeley, California and Hangzhou China as a youth camp Music Director, Arts Director and Camp Director.

He recently relocated to Vermont and joined the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra as well as the UU band of South Strafford and the Quebecois band, Un Deux Trois. Emerson is enjoying teaching joy-based beginner violin lessons and organizing inclusive music gatherings and improv workshops in the Upper Valley area.


"As a youth mentor in the U.S., the U.K., and China, I have been drawn to design programs which engage the creative empathic imagination through science and the arts. My teaching background includes time with City Year London, The Experiment in International Living (EIL,) Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT,) Global Works Travel and Camp Greenwoods  .I have also taught in China with schools such as Bai Nian Vocational School (BNVS) in Beijing, Fenfa Middle School in Shanghai, and the Liu Shi Run Music and Art Elementary school in Beijing."