Emily Bruskin has performed as soloist with the Quincy (MA) Symphony Orchestra and the Milton Academy Orchestra and has given solo recitals in Boston and at The Juilliard School's Paul Hall. As a member of the Firebird String Quartet, Ms. Bruskin was a prizewinner in the 1998 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Junior Division) and a recipient of the New England Conservatory's Eugene Lehner Chamber Music Award. She has also performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and participated in the Ravinia, Lucerne, La Jolla, Moab, Norfolk, Aspen, Encore, and Musicorda summer festivals. Ms. Bruskin began studying the violin at the age of four. She attended the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where she received the Frances B. Lanier Award. In May, 2002, Ms. Bruskin graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a BA in Neuroscience. The following year she received her MM from the Juilliard School, where she worked with Donald Weilerstein and Ronald Copes. She has also studied with Naoko Tanaka, Cho-Liang Lin, James Buswell, Susan Kent Reed, Gregory Fulkerson and David Updegraff.