Emlyn is the co-director and flutist of Music in the American Wild, an initiative that celebrates American people, places, and stories through the commission and performance of new music. Since 2016 she has commissioned 40 new thematic works for the American Wild Ensemble and premiered them at national parks, historic sites, and other unconventional venues across the country in collaboration with an ever-evolving roster of wonderful community partners. Recent projects have found American Wild Ensemble performing in a sunny Hawaiian lava field, 30 stories underground in Kentucky caves, and everywhere in between.

Emlyn’s work with American Wild Ensemble has been recognized with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, Mid-America Arts Alliance, The Aaron Copland Fund, New Music USA, and the Missouri Humanities Council, among others. The ensemble’s first album, Music in the American Wild, which combines original music with vivid video footage from seven national parks, was released in fall 2018 on the ArtistShare label. Their second album, Duos and Trios, was released on New Focus Recordings in summer 2022.

In addition to her work with American Wild Ensemble, Emlyn has served as the Executive Director of Pro Musica since April 2021. Pro Musica, based in Joplin, Missouri, has provided outstanding classical music concerts and education events in Joplin and the surrounding four-state region of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma for over four decades. In fall 2023 Emlyn will transition into a newly created Artistic Director role with the organization.

As a new music performer, Emlyn has also served as flutist with Ensemble Signal, the Slee Sinfonietta, and Alla Balena Ensemble. Additionally, she performs regularly with her husband, cellist Daniel Ketter, as tuo duo, which aims to commission and perform new flute and cello duo repertoire, including new concert music for youth audiences.

As an educator, Emlyn has served as the flute instructor at several State University of New York institutions – Buffalo, Geneseo, and Oswego – where she led flute ensembles and performed regularly with resident faculty ensembles. Emlyn has also served as Career Advisor at Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and University of Rochester’s Greene Center. She most recently taught in the music department at Missouri State University. In fall 2023 Emlyn will assume the role of interim flute instructor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory.

An active member of the broader flute community, Emlyn has served as Grants Chair for the Flute New Music Consortium and is a frequent judge for regional and national competitions. She has previously served as Flute Events Reporter for the National Flute Association and Program Chair for the Rochester Flute Association. Emlyn presents regularly on community-centered project design and development, including recent talks at Eastman School of Music, University of Maryland, and Penn State University.

Additional community-focused work includes Emlyn’s five seasons with Sunset Concerts, a summer chamber music series in Rochester, NY, that she co-founded and co-directed from 2014-2018.  Sunset Concerts offered free, high-quality performances to Rochester audiences in unique city venues, in partnership with The Landmark Society of Western New York, and provided performance opportunities to over 100 Eastman students and young alumni.

Emlyn received her doctorate from Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Bonita Boyd, and holds further degrees from Eastman and University of Michigan.