Teaching Experience

Midnight Mission Teaching Artist: May 2022

Guest Teaching Artist
Explore different genres and styles of guitar playing
Culminate with a concert performed.
Midnight Mission offers paths to self-sufficiency for those experiencing homelessness.

Give A Beat: February 2021 - Present

Mentoring formerly incarcerated men and women.

Act as a confidant in an 8 week course that taught Music Production through Ableton Live, and Business Development.

Jail Guitar Doors: February 2016 - Present

Facilitating Singer Songwriter Workshop in the Los Angeles County Jail

Coordinate Inmates / Develop original songs

The New Teacher Project (TNTP): July 2019

Taught English under the guidance of a mentor teacher.
Acquired Field Experience
Outlined Teacher & Student Diversity
Participated in Student Surveys

William Grant Still Art Center: July 2017 - July 2018

Guitar & Ukulele Instructor

Teach basic musicianship skills to students, ages 3 to adult
Create curriculum focused on tailored repertoire, creative expression, composition, and music theory.

Inland Conservatory For The Performing Arts: November 2014 - Dec 2015

Guitar Instructor

Teach technique and advanced guitar ensemble to students, age 12 - 18.
Create curriculum focused on tailored repertoire, creative expression, composition, and music theory.
Work with students individually and in small groups.
Tracked student development.

A Place Called Home: November 2012 - November 2014

Music Instructor

Teach music literacy, theory and instrumentation to students, age 7 to 17, beginning to advanced skill levels.

Create curriculum focused on technique, tailored repertoire, and creative expression.

Work with students individually or in small groups as needed.
Foster music appreciation among students by establishing a safe creative space for students to explore their creativity and skills.

Track student development.
Developed a beginning band; a first time experience for the students.

University of California at Los Angeles: July 2011 - July 2016

Guest Artist / Instructor in Intro to Guitar Class

Demonstrate beginning instrument technique in a group setting.
Facilitate a question and answer session about a careers in music.

BHH NAACP ACT SO Competition: March 2012

Judge for the Local Competition.
Selecting the best among the participants in accordance with the judging criteria guidelines provided by the NAACP.
Provided forum through which youths demonstrate artistic prowess and expertise.

Exceptional guitarist, and vocalist with 30 plus years experience performing locally and abroad. In addition to teaching, and working with other artists, he has produced, and arranged his own original scores of music including producing live shows and documenting the lives of local musicians through film. Emile has studied music theory, composition, voice, improvisation, and a variety of guitar genres.

Notable Performances

JASS BOHEMIANS TRIO

Kjaz Summer Concert Series 2012 - 2014

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COLA Awards Tribute Barnsdall Art Park 2017

DAKAH

Grand Performances June 2001 - 2016

Tipitinas New Orleans May 2009

Stern Grove San Francisco July 2004

Walt Disney Hall Inaugural Season 2004

9NET

El Ray Theater 88.1 Jingle Jazz 2013

Pasadena Levitt 2016

Blue Whale 2013

Pasadena Civic Center 2012

Union Station City Of LA Concert Series 2013

Hollywood and Highland Jazz Concert Series 2013

LACMA Ring Cycle April 2012

SOL SONICS

The Old King King 1992-1994

New York EMI Show Case 1993

Germany Wuppertal EMI w/Guru 1994

Brighton, England Jazz Bop 1994

DR. DRE

Saturday Night Live 1996, Scarface Album

SELF PRODUCED DOCUMENTARIES 2000 - 2004

The Art Of Sound 1, 2, & 3

Education / PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

Alexander Hamilton Music Academy 1989 - 1992

Greg Porée (composition, guitar) 1987 - 1996

Paul Jackson (session guitar) Jr. 1990 - 1992

Ken Lasaine (guitar/improvisation) 1990 - 1992

Michael Dean (classical voice) 2005 - 2006

Peter Yates (classical/art guitar) 2018 - 2020

SELF CURATED Events/Shows

Jazz Workshop 2000 - 2004

Host of a weekly music composition workshop for jazz musicians.

Soft Scream 2016

Host of a monthly show featuring an eclectic cast of musicians. Past notable acts include Sin Color (electric folklorico), Riddem Queens (ska), Gaby Hernandez & Carlos Niño (acoustic experimental), Jessie Bliss (playwright & poet), Mark Maxwell (KPFK), Adam Topol (singer songwriter) (Jack Johnson Band), Paul Livingstone/ Arohi (North Indian ensemble), Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Vinny Golia (avante garde jazz), Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli), Lynn Elishaw (Live Painting), Kathleen Kim & Kelly Coats (electronic experimental)

Recordings

Umoja Quintet 1993 Paramount Studios

Dr. Dre (Scarface) 1996

Dakah Grand Performances 2004

9net Live Salon De La Plaza 2011

The Art Of Sound No Sound Studios 2000-2008

Jass Workshop Live @ Rock Rose 2009

Solo Works 2010 - Present

9net Live Salon De La Plaza 2011

INTERVIEWS

Jazz Knights A Confidential Journey 2014

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Music Therapy, Guitar Literature/Tabulation, Guitar Techniques, Music Pedagogy, Performance Process, Process Methods, Cross-Cultural Art Exchange, Cross Discipline Curriculum, Art Song, Volunteer Music Workshops

FORMER JOBS

Taxi Cab (Checker Cab 2008 - 2011)

MTA Bus Driver 2004 - 2008

Security Officer (Los Angeles Fashion District)

Parking Attendant

Barbering (Legends Barber Shop) & (Super Star Hair Unlimited) (1992-93)