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Emma Hedrick

Emma Hedrick is a 7-time DownBeat award-winning, vocalist, composer, and arranger. The Indianapolis native received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Jazz Performance, as the Presser Scholar, from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. In the summer of 2024, Emma will finish her Master’s of Music at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague, Netherlands. Emma's compositions have been awarded Semi-Finalist in the International Songwriting Competition (2023) and Honorable Mention in the Jazz Education Network's Young Composer Showcase (2023). In 2019, Emma was a finalist in the International Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition, placing 3rd. Emma has headlined at various venues including the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival (FL), Next Con at Indy Jazzfest, and The Jazz Kitchen. She has also had the honor of performing in the Elkhart Jazz Festival, Telluride Jazz Festival, as a part of the Aspen JAS Academy directed by Christian McBride, and in the Jong Metropole European tour.

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