iWell..Emily Bear is an amazing kid! I have known her from "Lyn" - Thanks for the information :) - Well.. I think it's time for u to know more about our youngest pianist and composer - Maybe she will be the next MOZART- Waw.. :D
Pianist Emily Bear has only been playing piano for three years, but at just eight years old, her accomplishments are inspiring and her talent is breathtaking. Classical, jazz and boogie come naturally to her. She performs a large list of classics and standards, and also composes her own magical songs.
Emily was the youngest solo performer in the history of the Ravinia Festival, has performed with many well known musicians, appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" five times and performed at the White House. See Events for more info and Galleries for photos and videos.
Emily and her family are dedicated to using her talent to help and inspire others. Giving and charity are very important to Emily and a portion of the proceeds from all CD sales are donated to charity foundations such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Children's Hospital, among others.
Her latest CD "Always True" is now available in the Store.
Her first three CDs, "Five Years Wise", "The Love In Us" and "Once Upon A Wish" are also available.
Biography - Emily Bear - Pianist/Composer
Emily Bear is 8 years old and began her piano studies just before the age of 5 with Emilio del Rosario at The Music Institute of Chicago. She currently studies classical piano with Mary Sauer Principal Keyboardist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and jazz improvisation with Alan Swain. Additional mentors include Yoheved Kaplinsky, head of the Juilliard piano department. Emily was the youngest student ever to be invited to study at The Aspen Music Festival. Emily is equally comfortable playing jazz, classical, or her own compositions.
Emily made her professional debut performing a solo concert at the Ravinia Music Festival in July, 2007, when she was 5 years old. She played a solo 40 minute program mixing classical, jazz and her own compositions. She is the youngest performer in Ravinia’s more than 100 year history. She was asked back to perform a second time on September 7, 2008, and was invited to perform at Ravinia for the third year in a row during summer of 2009.
On March 24th, 2008, Emily was invited to perform at The White House for President and Mrs. Bush and 400 guests. She performed a 30 minute solo concert mixing jazz and original compositions.
Emily was a recipient of a 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition award for her original song, “Northern Lights”. She was asked to be one of two pianists to perform at the awards ceremony in New York City and was invited to perform her winning song again for a performance at Lincoln Center.
Emily received national attention when she was a featured guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show. She appeared on 3 episodes in three and a half months. She composed an original song for each appearance: “Ellen’s Song”, “Thanks...”, and “The Love In Us”. She appeared on the show for a 4th time, debuting another original song, “Once Upon a Wish”. In April, 2009, she appeared for the 5th time on the show, debuting her original song, “Tomorrow’s Wishes”.
Emily was asked by Steinway and Sons to perform a solo concert at the Chicago film premier of the new documentary film "Note by Note: the Making of Steinway L1037". She performed the concert on the actual piano built in the movie.
In November, 2008, Emily was personally invited by Lang Lang to perform for him at a Master Class hosted by The Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Emily opened for Jazz legend, Ramsey Lewis and his Trio at age 6, playing a 30 minute solo piano concert. Emily also appeared at The Raue Center for the Arts in a featured solo concert. She opened The 2007 McDonald’s Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade (which was televised nationally on WGN) performing her original song “Waterlights” . The following year, two more of Emily’s original songs were featured in the 2008 Chicago Thanksgiving Parade: “Giving” and “Christmas Bells”.
Emily made her orchestral debut in front of a capacity audience of 2500 people performing her original song, “The Love in Us” with The Orlando Symphony Orchestra at a private corporate event. She also performed at Noche de Ninos, a gala for Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, hosted by Jennifer Lopez ,Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jewel, honoring Jamie Lee Curtis.
Emily was invited to become a video disc artist for the Piano Disc System and just taped an episode for a new children’s television show for PBS titled, “All You Need Is Music”. She was featured on the WFMT Radio Show, Introductions, performing a solo 45 minute live concert. Emily also performed at the Music in the Loft Concert Series.
Emily made her classical orchestral debut at age 7, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto, no.23, k488 with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and with the Champagne-Urbana Symphony. She also performed in a concert honoring Chicago Tonight’s 25th Season for WTTW Television at The Harris Theater in Millennium Park.
Emily recently was featured at The Noble Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, a new awards show honoring 15 charities. She was also invited to perform at a Young Steinway Artists concert in Chicago as well as at another screening even for Steinway's Note By Note Film. In December she will appear at a benefit for The Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Emily has been featured in stories on: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, WTTW- Chicago Tonight, and WGN and was recently feature in a story for Sunday Night, Channel 7, Australia, titled, "Beautiful Minds".
Emily recorded her first CD, Five Years Wise, in July of 2007. The CD is a mixture of jazz standards and original songs. A second CD, The Love In Us, featuring 10 original songs, was released in April, 2008 and a 3rd CD, Once Upon a Wish, was released in December of 2008. And her most recent CD collection of original songs, Always True, was released in October, 2009. She is a member of ASCAP, SAG and AFTRA.
Past Performances include:
- Noche de Niños Gala - May 9, 2009
- 5th Annual Big Mac Under Glass Gala - May 2, 2009
- The Ellen Degeneres Show - April 30, 2009
- Chicago Tonight's 25h Anniversary Season Benefit - April 17, 2009
- Rockford Symphony Orchestra - Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K488 - March 28, 2009
- Music In the Loft - February 15, 2009
- The Ellen Degeneres Show - November 17, 2008
- Lang Lang Master Class at The Chicago Symphony, November 16, 2008
- Ravinia - September 7, 2008
- 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition Awards Ceremony, performed "Northern Lights"
- McDonald's 2008 World Convention with members of The Orlando Symphony Orchestra - April 13,2008
- The White House Easter Egg Roll Breakfast - March 24, 2008
- Concert at Chicago Premiere of documentary film "Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037" - January 18, 2007
- The Ellen Degeneres Show - January 8, 2007
- Raue Center for the Arts concert - December 9, 2007
- The Ellen Degeneres Show - November 23, 2007
- Opened The Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade - November 22, 2007
- Opening act for Ramsey Lewis at The Coronado Theatre - October 17, 2007
- The Ellen Degeneres Show - October 3, 2007
- Music Institute of Chicago, Young People's Concert - September 9, 2007
- On The Waterfront - September 1, 2007
- Ravinia, professional debut - July 1, 2007
- Music Institute of Chicago Gala - Celebrity Piano Bar - May 2, 2007
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