Emmy Tisdel Lohr 

Violinist

Splendido at Rancho Vistoso

Emmy Tisdel Lohr is a member of the second violin section in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, as well as a doctoral student at the University of Arizona. She was a P.E.O. Scholar for the 2022- 23 academic year, and is also a former University of Arizona Doctoral Fellow.  Emmy graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a Bachelor’s degree in Music, from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University with a Master of Music, and from Schulich School of Music at McGill University with an Artists’ Diploma and a Graduate Diploma in Music Performance. She is a co-founder of Ensemble Urbain, a conductorless chamber orchestra based in Montreal; she is a faculty member for the SA’ Oaxaca strings international music festival, which provides free chamber music tutoring to students based in Mexico; and a member of Austin Camerata, an interdisciplinary chamber music organization based in Austin, Texas. Former teachers include Tim Kantor, Jinjoo Cho, Kenneth Goldsmith, David Bowlin, Samantha George, and Katie Brooks.