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Emily Mikesell

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Emily Mikesell is a trumpeter and composer based in Los Angeles. She’s played with artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lonnie Holley, Neal Francis, and Judith Owen in addition to leading her band Smiloh.

She lived in New Orleans for 8 years where she played regularly with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Trumpet Mafia. Raised in a musical family in Orlando, Florida, she started playing the trumpet at the age of 11, and went on to study Jazz at Florida State University and the University of New Orleans. She has taught at the University of New Orleans as well as private students. Emily also arranges for small and large ensembles and composes and records music at her home studio.