Emma Shields is a junior music education major at Shenandoah Conservatory. She is an oboist from Fairfax Station, Virginia. She has performed with many ensembles both in and outside school curricula, one of those being the Washington Metropolitan Youth Orchestra. She studies with Stephen Key at Shenandoah Conservatory, where she currently plays in the Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. Emma has always had a love for musicals and Broadway so she is very excited to be a part of such a wonderful production.