Emily Martin is a sought-after solo pianist and chamber musician from New York, NY.  She has performed in the United States at venues such as Weill Recital Hall, Merkin  Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, and Gracie Mansion, and abroad at historic venues in  Spain and Italy. Dedicated to performing dynamic and thoughtfully-curated concert  programs, she most recently presented “Visionary Women,” which introduced  audiences to the works of little-known female composers of the 19th and 20th  centuries, and “Songs and Dances From Afar,” a four-hands program with pianist  Margarita Rovenskaya. Emily is an experienced pedagogue with over a decade of  teaching experience, having taught on the Instrumental Music Faculties of The Spence  School and The Browning School. A graduate of New York University with bachelor’s  and master’s degrees in Piano Performance, Emily studied with Seymour Bernstein and  Eteri Andjaparidze. She currently maintains a vibrant private teaching studio in  Manhattan. When not making music, Emily enjoys drawing and being in nature.

Night Thoughts  

Night Thoughts (2025) is a short work for solo piano commissioned by the Piano  Teacher’s Congress for the 2026 20th/21st Century Festival. Introspective and  meditative in nature, the piece explores the piano’s timbre through improvisatory  playing and contemporary techniques that create ephemeral, sustained sounds.  Inspired by late evenings and musings at the piano, Night Thoughts invites the player  to listen to and appreciate every lingering tone.

• Participants must be students of PTC Members.
• Participants will perform the commissioned piece along with one (or more) other piece(s) of the participant’s choice for the 20th/21st Century Music Festival on Sunday, March 8.
• Memorization is not required.
• Students can be any age  (18 and under) as long as they can perform the piece at the tempo indicated with good preparation.

• Every performer will receive a certificate of recognition for performing the commissioned work.
• One student will be chosen to give the World Premiere of Miradita al Sur at the Winners’ Recital at Merkin Hall  on Saturday, April 26 (all rules and regulations apply).