Emma Germann is a musician and educator in the Chicagoland area. A graduate of Elmhurst University, Emma earned her degree in Music Education, along with a minor in Jazz Studies and a Classical Saxophone Performance Certificate.

Emma works with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra as the Assistant Director for the Debut Orchestra, Assistant Band Director and Jazz II Director in Lemont-Bromberek SD113A, and Saxophone Teacher for York Community High School. Emma maintains a studio of over 30 middle and high school woodwind students throughout the Chicago suburbs and has taught music abroad in both Montego Bay, Jamaica and Cape Town, South Africa. Highlights from Emma’s work as a freelance performer include performances with the Naperville Winds, DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Wheaton Municipal Band, Pete Ellman Big Band, Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and more. She made her debut at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall in the spring of 2024 and made her Carnegie Hall debut in the summer of 2025.