Emily Lapisardi is also the director of "Gore Orphanage," an independent feature film. An accomplished musician, Emily has performed as a singer, organist, and pianist in the United States and Europe. As a musicologist, she has published research on the hymnody of the Harmony Society. A graduate of West Virginia University, she was named WVU Outstanding Senior, Honors College Outstanding Senior, and received the university's nominations for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.