Emily Waggoner

Applied Lecturer, harp

Contact
Department of Performing Arts
Email: waggon3@clemson.edu

Education
MM in Harp Performance, Converse University (2006); BM in Church Music, Bob Jones University (2001)

Emily Waggoner serves as Applied Lecturer in Harp at Clemson University. She is also the Associate Chair of the Division of Music at Bob Jones University and Director of Harp Studies. She earned a B.M. in Church Music with harp proficiency from Bob Jones University in 2001 and a M.M. in Harp Performance from Converse University in 2006. Emily performs professionally in the Carolinas as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral harpist, and in studio recording. She serves as Principal Harpist with the Spartanburg Philharmonic, Acting Principal Harpist with the Ashevillle Symphony Orchestra, and frequently as a guest harpist for Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Greenville Chorale, Asheville Symphony Chorus, USC Columbia Symphonic Wind Band and others. In addition to teaching at BJU, she has been on adjunct faculty at South Carolina Governor's School for the Fine Arts and Humanities and Converse College and also maintains a private studio. She serves the local harp community as President of the SC Chapter of the American Harp Society, which she founded in 2008.