Emily Ballentine Erb is an accomplished musician and educator specializing in keyboard and choral performance. She graduated in 2025 with her Master of Music in Organ Performance and Sacred Music from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, in the studio of Janette Fishell.
Emily previously earned her Master of Arts in Music Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College; over the course of her teaching career, Emily taught classes in general music, chorus, band, and handbells to students in PreK through 12th grade in New York and Pennsylvania, and taught piano classes for undergraduates at Indiana University. Before her time at IU, Emily studied piano performance with Eric Ruple and Gabriel Dobner at James Madison University and was an active collaborative pianist during her term of study. She has studied conducting with Walter Huff and sung in choirs under the direction of Dominic DiOrio, Mitos Andaya Hart, Paul Rardin, and Alan Harler; she has studied organ performance, history, and practice with Chris Young, Jeffrey Smith, Thomas Marshall, Christine Clewell, and Michael Krentz. She has performed in master classes with John-Paul Sevilla, Damin Spritzer, and Emile Naoumoff. Emily has also been active as music and vocal director for several music theatre organizations, and has accompanied Grammy-winning choral ensemble NOTUS and Tony-winner Rupert Holmes in performance.
Emily is Director of Music Ministries at First & Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE, and is Artistic Director for Market Street Music, a community music series dedicated to providing inspiring musical experiences for audiences and performers in the Delaware Valley.
