Emma - Voice, Piano
Emma is a soprano originally hailing from DeWitt, Michigan. She begin studying both piano and voice at a very young age, and now enjoys singing in a wide variety of styles, from contemporary opera and baroque period pieces to musical theatre and jazz. As a child, Emma would run around her home wearing only a hat singing and dancing to her parents’ dinner theatre repertoire. Today, she continues to follow her passion for the arts, though more appropriately dressed.
Emma currently resides in Bowling Green, Ohio. This past April, she completed her Master’s of Performance in Voice at Bowling Green State University, studying with Myra Merritt-Grant and Katherine Pracht Phares. She continues to refine her vocal instrument under the instruction of Professor Phares as she prepares for the next steps of her musical career.
A few recent performance credits include Fiona in Brigadoon (BGSU), Sandman/Dew Fairy (covers) in Hänsel und Gretel (Musikverein in Vienna, Austria), Damigella in The Coronation of Poppea (BGSU), Claire in Ordinary Days (Hope College), and Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Hope College). She is looking forward to adding to her artistic resume in the spring of 2025 as a member of the chorus in Toledo Opera’s production of South Pacific. Emma was also the winner of the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition during the first year of her Master’s at BGSU, and served as Assistant Director to Keith Phares for the CMA’s spring 2024 production of Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon. On Sunday mornings you may spot Emma serving as a section leader at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Perrysburg.
Along with her love for performing and teaching, Emma also enjoys music administration. Emma holds a Bachelor’s degree in English with minors in communication and music from Hope College. She currently serves as a Special Projects Assistant to the Dean of the College of Musical Arts at BGSU, and has held a variety of positions in publicity, administration, and marketing throughout her years of collegiate education.
Emma is also an avid traveler, her most recent adventures taking her to Vienna, Austria and Corfu, Greece. During both the summers of 2022 and 2023 she had the opportunity to perform in Vienna, under the direction of Wolfgang Reisinger in May of 2022 and with the Vienna Opera Academy in July of 2023.
Emma is very excited to share her love of music with the students of Forté!
Emma currently resides in Bowling Green, Ohio. This past April, she completed her Master’s of Performance in Voice at Bowling Green State University, studying with Myra Merritt-Grant and Katherine Pracht Phares. She continues to refine her vocal instrument under the instruction of Professor Phares as she prepares for the next steps of her musical career.
A few recent performance credits include Fiona in Brigadoon (BGSU), Sandman/Dew Fairy (covers) in Hänsel und Gretel (Musikverein in Vienna, Austria), Damigella in The Coronation of Poppea (BGSU), Claire in Ordinary Days (Hope College), and Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Hope College). She is looking forward to adding to her artistic resume in the spring of 2025 as a member of the chorus in Toledo Opera’s production of South Pacific. Emma was also the winner of the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition during the first year of her Master’s at BGSU, and served as Assistant Director to Keith Phares for the CMA’s spring 2024 production of Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon. On Sunday mornings you may spot Emma serving as a section leader at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Perrysburg.
Along with her love for performing and teaching, Emma also enjoys music administration. Emma holds a Bachelor’s degree in English with minors in communication and music from Hope College. She currently serves as a Special Projects Assistant to the Dean of the College of Musical Arts at BGSU, and has held a variety of positions in publicity, administration, and marketing throughout her years of collegiate education.
Emma is also an avid traveler, her most recent adventures taking her to Vienna, Austria and Corfu, Greece. During both the summers of 2022 and 2023 she had the opportunity to perform in Vienna, under the direction of Wolfgang Reisinger in May of 2022 and with the Vienna Opera Academy in July of 2023.
Emma is very excited to share her love of music with the students of Forté!
