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The EMMI program is a progressive, audition-based classical music conservatory within the Upper School.
The Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI) is a renowned high school music program. In addition to the outstanding college preparatory academic offerings at Crossroads, EMMI students study music theory, harmony, analysis, counterpoint, rhythm and ear training at the conservatory/college level. Chamber Orchestra classes meet twice a week and culminate in four annual concerts. Chamber Music classes also meet twice a week, and ensembles are coached by prominent Los Angeles musicians, culminating in two concerts a year. Solo recitals are presented monthly.
Students participate in master classes given by leading American and international artists. EMMI incorporates creative elements into the program, including improvisation, composition techniques and arrangement. As part of EMMI’s progressive curriculum, students attend cross-genre workshops throughout the year, including blues and jazz, Celtic styles and Carnatic music. In harmony with the Crossroads philosophy of developing each student’s full human potential, EMMI students attend symposiums on topics ranging from physical wellness and injury prevention to musical entrepreneurship for the 21st century.
EMMI has performed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Bing Theater at USC and, most recently, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Graduates of this outstanding program have gone on to prolific careers as concert masters, composers, opera singers and recording artists.
The Institute was named in honor of the late Elizabeth Heller Mandell, a Crossroads grandmother and parent of alumni as well as a former Trustee of the School.
EMMI Courses
- Chamber Music
- Keyboard Skills
- Music Theory 1
- Music Theory 2
- Music Theory 3
- Music Theory 4
- Chamber Orchestra
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EMMI Student Named to LA Phil Composer Fellowship Program
Lola Goetz, a junior, is a composer, classical pianist, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. She has been studying classical piano for 10 years with Crossroads instructor Mary Ann Cummins, and composition for five years. She attended the 2024 Juilliard Summer Composition Program and Sunset Chamberfest’s Young Composers Workshop. Lola recently made it to Round 2 of the 2024 Music Center’s Spotlight Awards for classical piano and won first place in the 2023 Alice Frazier Kitchen Scholarship Competition. She was a winner of the LA Philharmonic Scholarship Competition’s Westside Committee every year from 2019 to 2024. Lola is very passionate about social justice issues and giving back to her community. She devotes time to volunteer opportunities and performs at several local senior resident facilities
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For more information about the EMMI program, please contact EMMI Director Gina Coletti at gcoletti@xrds.org or 310-582-4232.
