Founder of All Hands Piano Academy, Emma Stephenson, is a highly accomplished jazz pianist, songwriter and educator. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Bachelor of jazz performance), where she also earned her PhD researching the implementation of healthy piano technique in jazz improvisation. In 2017, Emma performed her original music at the Sydney Opera House and was awarded the prestigious Freedman Fellowship for Australian jazz musicians under 35. From July 2017 to March 2020, while living in New York City, she recorded her second studio album, I Wrote You a Song, featuring six guest vocalists. During this time, she also performed live piano karaoke and request shows at some of New York’s most iconic piano bars and mentored 40 piano students. Since returning to Sydney in 2020, Emma has become a mother of two, taught classes at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, founded All Hands Piano Academy, authored Piano Beach: The Piano-Teaching Storybook and released two original singles. Emma's music is available on all streaming platforms.
Details last updated: May 29, 2025
