Emily Hamilton is a soprano and bassoonist with a passion for contemporary music. With a love for collaborating with living composers, she has worked alongside and premiered eight works by composers Lily Koslow, Sean Smith, Julian Green, Gabriel Wallerstein, Christopher Ducasse, Hyo-Won Woo, and Thomas Quirion.

In the 2024-2025 season, Emily made her professional debut with the Wichita Grand Opera as Turnspit in Rusalka. She made her role debut as Lieschen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata, and she sang the echoes and as a part of the children’s chorus in Hänsel und Gretel. Additionally, she was a super in La Cenerentola. In the 2023-24 season, she sang in Bernstein’s Candide with the Wichita Grand Opera, as a member of the chorus.

Emily is currently based in Wichita, Kansas where she is studying under Dr. Hilary Grace Taylor. She is completing her Master of Music in Voice Performance at Wichita State University. She obtained her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from McGill University under the tutelage of Joanne Kolomyjec and Anja Burmeister. She is a Voice, Bassoon, and Piano Instructor at Palen Music Center. Additionally, she is a Soprano Section Leader at First Presbyterian Church.

Emily’s passion for music was born from a love of languages. She is fluent in Spanish and English; additionally, she has studied Italian, German, and French in a university setting as well as numerous other languages in her free time. This appreciation for languages shows in her performances: Emily has performed in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Haitian Creole, Swahili, Latin, Russian, Mongolian, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Swedish, Icelandic, and Czech. She looks forward to working on music in other languages in the future.