About Me

Emily Scharf is a singer, musician, performer, and artist. She is currently studying Vocal Performance at DePauw University School of Music. Emily is a proud alum of Atlanta Young Singers and is a 2020 graduate of Decatur High School. In her nine years of singing with Atlanta Young Singers, she sang in both domestic and international choral events. Internationally, Emily sang in the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, toured in Sweden, and sang for Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday celebration in South Africa. At age 13, Emily sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City in the concert series Eternal Light. 

In addition to choral work, Emily has also participated in multiple musical theater productions, most recently Mary Sunshine in Chicago, and a featured ensemble member in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Emily took part in creating a film, Interspaced, with 7 Stages. In addition to working in 7 Stages’s summer programs, Emily has also participated in various summer shows with the Alliance Theater. Emily also attended Georgia Governor’s Honor Program, year 56, in voice and science areas of study. 

Along with choral and theatrical work, Emily has also competed in the Classical Singer Magazine classical and musical theater competitions, the Georgia Symphony Orchestra Virtual to Center Stage competition, and was a finalist in the Georgia Schmidt competition. Emily was the 2020 recipient of the National High School Choral Award.