About emily

Emily Maghanoy Pérez is a public health nerd turned music teacher. She trained as a classical pianist throughout her childhood at the Sara Harris Piano Studio and as a voice teacher at Sacramento City College Vocal/Choral Program. She is also a member of the John Henny Contemporary Voice Teachers Academy/Mastermind and Body-Based Pedagogy. She also has an M.A. in Spanish (not that relevant to music but she did the work so she likes to brag).

Emily co-founded Empire Arts Collective, a local non-profit organization which incubates unique, inclusive performing arts opportunities that create joy and community. She co-founded and serves as Managing Director for the Sacramento Pop Choir, an intergenerational practice & performance group that explores the wild world of pop music. In 2022 Emily received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture through Sacramento’s Seeding Creativity Project. She is a past music director of the Davis United Methodist Church. In her free time she likes to swim, read and use her label maker to create order in this chaotic world.

Want to learn more but in podcast format? Click the graphic below to hear Emily’s interview on The Intelligent Vocalist Podcast.