Roger Emerson is a professional composer and arranger with over 900 choral titles in print and over 30 million copies in circulation. He is the most widely performed composer/arranger of popular choral music and vocal jazz in the world today. His works include the choral arrangements of Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up, Season’s of Love, from Rent, Defying Gravity from Wicked, Joyful, Joyful from Sister Act, Don’t Stop Believin’ from Glee, and most recently, My Shot from Hamilton. In addition, his vocal jazz arrangements of Over The Rainbow, Vincent, Blue Skies and I Wish are some of the most performed of all time. Emerson has been the recipient of ASCAP’s Standard Award for thirty years running, and his works have been performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center. He is in demand as a lecturer on pop music, vocal jazz and the changing voice.