Ten years after Keith Emerson’s passing, the Bob Moog Foundation is bringing an extraordinary panel discussion to a worldwide audience. Recorded live at the 2026 NAMM Show in Anaheim on January 23rd, the “Celebrating the Legacy of Keith Emerson” TEC Tracks panel premieres on the Foundation’s YouTube channel at 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, April 11th, with several panelists joining the live chat during the broadcast.
The panel is stacked with people who knew Emerson personally and professionally. TOTO keyboardist Steve Porcaro, synthesizer historian Brian Kehew, former Moog Music engineer Rich Walborn, virtuoso musician and composer Rachel Flowers, and Emerson’s fiancée Mari Kawaguchi all participate, moderated by Bob Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa. Personal memories, professional reflections, archival images, and a live Q&A from the NAMM audience round out the discussion.
Emerson’s fingerprints are all over modern keyboard music. From his early commercial success with the Nice between 1967 and 1970 through his foundational work as a member of progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, he pushed the synthesizer into territory no one had mapped before. His relationship with Bob Moog’s instruments was central to that legacy, making the Foundation a fitting home for this tribute.
“Keith was an extraordinarily talented musician and composer, and his legacy is inextricably intertwined with Bob Moog’s pioneering legacy,” says Moog-Koussa. The premiere is free and open to all on the Bob Moog Foundation’s YouTube channel.