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.
Emily is preparing for her performance in the Wichita Grand Opera’s “Bubbles, Bourbon, and Brahms” fundraiser where she will be part of a quartet and a women’s chorus. She is a Bassoon and Voice Instructor at Palen Music Center. Additionally, she is a Soprano Section Leader at First Presbyterian Church.
Emily is currently based in Wichita, Kansas where she is further developing her professional skills with her voice and bassoon. She is a recent graduate of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University where she obtained her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance under the tutelage of Anja Burmeister.
Emily recently performed in Bernstein’s Candide with the Wichita Grand Opera, as a member of the chorus.
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, Latin, Russian, Mongolian, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Swedish, and Icelandic. She looks forward to working on music in other languages in the future.
