EMMA HEDRICK

Emma Hedrick is an award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and bandleader from Indianapolis, Indiana. Known for both voice and composition, her songs have been awarded Semi-Finalist in the International Songwriting Competition and Honorable Mention in the Jazz Education Network’s Young Composer Showcase. In 2019, she was awarded 3rd place in the Ella Fitzgerald vocal competition. She received 7 Downbeat Student Music Awards for Jazz Voice throughout high school, undergraduate, and graduate school. In 2017 and 2018 she was a National YoungArts Winner in Jazz Voice. She has performed nationally and in Europe including performances at the Indy Jazz Fest (IN), Rochester International Jazz Festival (NY), Elkhart Jazz Festival (IN), Telluride Jazz Festival (CO), St. Petersburg Jazz Festival (FL), as a part of the Aspen JAS Academy directed by Christian McBride, and in the Jong Metropole tour of the Netherlands and Germany conducted by Chris Walden to name a few. Emma was originally read more...