Official Resume and Bio for Emily Palen
Professional Violinist, Violin and Piano Teacher
Emily Palen, a professional violinist, pianist and composer has led a career as a solo performer, recording artist and composer.
From Midland, MI, Emily began to study classical violin at the age of
4 and piano at 5. Her violin teachers were Lyman Bodman, Michael Avsharian (a student himself of Ivan Galamian) and Paul Kantor, violin professor at the University of Michigan School of Music.
She released her first solo violin improv album “Glass ~ Live at Grace Cathedral” in 2012 and her second improv album “Creation” a year later. Emily founded her own mus