emica-taylor

About

Emica Taylor started learning the flute in 2012 and began studying in 2021 at Te Kōkī – The New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington. Under the tutelage of Kirstin Eade, the NZSO associate principal flute, she received her Bachelor of Music in 2023, majoring in Classical Flute Performance. Whilst at the NZSM, Emica was presented with the Music Directors Award, the Therle Drake Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Music, and the NZSM Award in Woodwind Performance 2022 and 2023. Throughout 2023 she also received the NZSO Giese Flute Grant, NYO Alex Lindsay Special Award, a Freemasons Lankhuyzen/Whetu-Kairangi Music Award, and a regrant with the Inspire Foundation. Emica especially loves performing with orchestras, and from 2022 to 2023 she was the principal flute of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra, regularly performing with Orchestra Wellington and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as a casual member. After beginning her studies at ANAM in 2024, Emica’s performance highlight was performing the Ibert Flute Concerto with the TSO in the ANAM Concerto Competition Final. In 2025, Emica is excited for her second year at ANAM with Alison Mitchell.

Photography: Pia Johnson

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