My life changed when I realized I could do anything on the violin with the right technique, positive encouragement, and of course a bit of practice. I want to help my students achieve their goals and play authentically. I aim to pass on what I have learned in my career as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player and recording artist. From beginner Suzuki students to advanced violinists, I love teaching a variety of levels. My studio is a positive, encouraging, and sensitive environment. Violin playing is an activity for the mind, body, and soul and my lessons help foster that connection as well as a love for the learning process.

I find great joy in getting to know each student and tailoring every session to their individual needs and goals. My lessons build technique and musicality. All of my violin teachers studied with the great pedagogues of their generation including Ivan Galamian, Dorothy Delay, and Josef Gingold. I aim to pass on this refined musical tradition and my Suzuki Method training to my students while incorporating my own unique teaching style and compassion.

The influence of violin and music on my life goes deeper than I can probably comprehend. Through the study of music we acquire and strengthen many skills and qualities that benefit and influence our entire lives: a profound connection to the self, awareness and balance of the body, development and coordination of motor skills, communication with others, confidence, memory, adaptability, self-esteem, concentration, reasoning, self-expression, inspiration, respect, commitment, community…to name a few.

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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, violinist Emily Kriner has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, and Europe.

Emily earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, with a minor in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Linda Cerone, David Updegraff, Ian Swensen, and San Francisco Symphony members Catherine Van Hoesen, David Chernyavsky, and Melissa Kleinbart.

Emily is a devoted and passionate educator. Her teaching focuses on building a strong technical foundation while fostering confidence, independence, and a love for the learning process. She was a violin teaching artist at the Enriching Lives through Music program, a teaching fellow in Belize with the organization MusAid, a chamber music and sectional coach for the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and on chamber music faculty for the String Quartet Camp at the San Francisco Community Music Center. Emily is a registered Suzuki teacher and has a private teaching studio in Brooklyn, New York in addition to coaching ensembles at the Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan.

Emily is co-founder and rotating concertmaster of the unconducted orchestra, One Found Sound and was a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Emily has performed as a soloist with the San Francisco Academy Orchestra and Lake Tahoe Music Festival. As a chamber musician, her work has taken her to a variety of venues and concert series in North America including Herbst Theater, the Kimmel Center, SF Performances and SFJAZZ. She has held various chamber music residencies such as at the Banff Centre, New Music on the Point, and Avaloch Farm Music Institute and has performed at many festivals including Spoleto USA, National Repertory Orchestra, St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, and the Aldeburgh Festival Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme.

Emily is dedicated to commissioning, premiering, and performing new music and has worked with a number of established and emerging composers including Sahba Aminikia, Ashley Fure, Tania León, Christian Wolff, and Aleksandra Vrebalov. Emily has performed alongside Ursula Oppens and has been a featured performer for two consecutive years on the Kronos Quartet Festival.

With an equal commitment to historical performance, Emily is a founding member of the baroque ensemble MUSA and has performed with the San Francisco Bach Choir, the American Bach Soloists Academy, the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Berkeley Fringe Baroque Festival and Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival. Her baroque violin teachers include Julie Andrijeski and Elizabeth Blumenstock.

In addition to her classical work, Emily has collaborated and performed with various popular artists such as Kygo, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, Third Eye Blind, Journey and Magik*Magik Orchestra. She has performed at iconic venues such as The Fillmore, The Greek Theater, The Fox Oakland, Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever and on festival stages such as the Hardly-Strictly Bluegrass Festival and the Stern Grove Festival. Emily can be heard on a wide range of albums and feature film scores.