Dr. Amrein is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the University of San Diego where she conducts the USD Concert Choir and Choral Leadership Collaboratory, and teaches courses on the intersection of music and social justice movements. Amrein has recently appeared as invited guest conductor with SACRA/PROFANA (San Diego), the University of Cologne Collegium Musicum, the Ball State University Women's Chorus, California Music Educator's Association South Border Section SATB Honor Choir, and the Bakersfield Real Women Sing Middle School Honor Choir. She maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and clinician.

A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion within the arts and academia, Emilie is currently researching the application of conflict transformation, restorative justice, and other healing practices within the ensemble setting. Amrein is coauthor of the forthcoming book, Empowering Song, to be published by Routledge in 2021. She has contributed to Wisdom, Wit, and Will: Women Choral Conductors on Their Art and to Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir (Vol. 2-3). She has presented her work for several distinguished professional organizations, including Chorus America, the American Choral Director’s Association, the College Music Society, the National Youth Leadership Council, and the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies.