Projects
Education and Community Choirs
Emily is a composer, songwriter, choral director and workshop leader.
She works with many Arts Organisations, Music Hubs and schools.
Emily specialises in co-creating songs and original work with young people in group settings as well as leading massed singing events across all age groups.
Recent commissions include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Benedetti Foundation, North London Collegiate School, Britten Pears Arts, Portsmouth Music Hub
To book Emily to work with your group, please use the contact submission form below
Friday Afternoons
Emily is proud to be an ambassador for Friday Afternoons, a singing project run by BrittenPears Arts at Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
Building on the legacy and work of Benjamin Britten, Friday Afternoons work with teachers, choirs, organisations and young people, nationally and internationally, providing high quality new songs written for treble voices.
Emily has been the composer of Snape Maltings annual schools event Celebration Finale pieces, as well as co-creating and arranging several of the Friday Afternoon songs
"We loved the Finale song. Emily did a wonderful job in both writing it and teaching us" Holbrook Primary School
Emily has also been involved in the creation of new classroom composition resources, now available on the website
Sing Up
Emily has composed many songs for young voices. Several of these are available via www.Sing Up.org
She has been commissioned to write several of the Sing Up Day songs, performed world wide.
From school songs to large scale choral pieces, Emily writes to commission and is always happy to discuss ways in which she can work with you to create the song you want.
West Sussex Sings
Emily leads several adult community choirs under the umbrella of West Sussex Sings.
All choirs are open to everyone, no auditions, no experience needed, no commitment to long term membership.
For full details including the online choir offer currently available, please see www.westsussexsings.com
To make a booking enquiry or for more information send a message using this contact form.
Contact
Artist Info
Emily is a singer songwriter, performing acoustically both as a solo artist and alongside other musicians. Writing songs inspired by travel, love, life and the observing of people, Emily plays piano and guitar and sings a wide variety of styles, from country/folk inspired originals to well loved classic songs and jazz standards. Emily works professionally as a singer and composer, and has toured with artists from the worlds of rock through to opera, as a backing vocalist and choir director.
Emily is an experienced choral leader and vocal arranger, and currently runs several adult Community Choirs. She is one quarter of the acapella group Oaken, regularly travelling the country doing workshops and gigs. Visit www.westsussexsings.com and www.oakenharmony.com for more info.