Emily O’Shea Smeage
“After searching for years for a mouthpiece with a rich and warm tone, easy response, wide variety of tone colors, and clear articulation, I found it in the Chedeville Umbra. Other mouthpieces don’t compare when it comes to the evenness and beauty of tone across all registers and dynamics. I feel confident knowing that my Chedeville mouthpiece will allow me to focus on the music rather than on my setup.”
Biography:
Emily O’Shea Smeage is a clarinetist in Tampa, Florida. She is Second Clarinetist in the Savannah Philharmonic and performs with ensembles throughout the Southeast including The Florida Orchestra, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Augusta Symphony Orchestra. In 2014, Emily earned her Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Clarinet Performance from Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory in 2012. She has played chamber music in Bolivia with BachFest Cochabamba, in France with the European American Musical Alliance, in Cleveland with Kent/Blossom Music Festival, and throughout the Southeast with ensembles such as Chamber Cartel in Atlanta. While a passionate performer herself, Emily is also committed to nurturing the next generation of musicians through her own private studio and teaching engagements with numerous Tampa Bay schools. Her teachers include Daniel McKelway, Ted Gurch, Robert Listokin, and Kenneth Grant.
While not playing music, Emily enjoys running, traveling, gardening, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and two collies.
