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Emily Jarrell Urbanek
Coach/Accompanist

Emily Jarrell Urbanek is currently Director of Music Preparation for Opera Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also an extra keyboardist with the Charlotte Symphony. In March 2020 she conducted Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg for Opera Carolina and Opera Grand Rapids. Emily frequently performs chamber music in the Charlotte area and has participated in premieres of new works by Kevin Krumenauer, David Noon, John Allemeier, Sean Neukom, and Mary Armistead-Jones. Since 2007, Emily has been on the musical staff of Chautauqua Opera, and she has also served as repetiteur for a variety of companies, including New York City Opera, San Diego Opera, Fort Worth Opera Festival, New Orleans Opera, and Kentucky Opera. Emily holds degrees from Furman University, the University of Michigan, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.