Emma Kent Wine (b. 1995) is a nationally-renowned composer and arts professional living in Houston, Texas.

Latest Commissions & Projects

The Path for string quartet

Composed for and commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players

Premiere: October 4, 2025 at 7 PM, Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

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Windswept for two violins and harpsichord | Premiered January 29, 2025

Commissioned by Ars Lyrica Houston, Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director

Stephen Redfield and Maria Lin, violins and Matthew Dirst, harpsichord

I lose myself for piano quartet | Premiered November 2024

Augusta Schubert, violin; Lauren Ross, viola; David Dietz, cello; Tong Wang, piano

to be always discovering clouds for string quartet | Premiered July 2023

Written for the Valencia International Performing Arts Composition Program

Mivos Quartet

Heart Has Teeth for string quartet and bass clarinet | Premiered June 2023

Written for the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance Composition Program

Verona Quartet and Amelia Hurst, bass clarinet

Maria’s Magical Music Adventure / La mágica aventura musical de María (2022)

An Ars Lyrica Houston children’s book written by Emma Kent Wine
Published by CKW Publishing

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Queer Rosary (2022)
SATB + piano

Assurance (2021)
soprano, French horn, and piano

The Two Roads (2016)
violin and piano

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