ORATORIO                                                                   
As a highly experienced soprano soloist, Emma has sung

with many choral societies and chamber groups around the

UK. Her oratorio repertoire is extensive and includes many

of the best known religious concert works, in addition to

other, more rarely performed, baroque and classical

pieces.

Upcoming performances:

Haydn Creation for Cupar Choral Union

Other performances include:

Ayr Choral Union

Bach Christmas Oratorio

Ashford Choral Society: 

Handel's Jeptha (Angel)
 - as part of the Stour Music Festival

Bishop’s Stortford Choral Society: 

Brahms German Requiem
Rutter Magnificat

Edinburgh Symphony Baroque:

Bach Preise dein Glücke BWV.215
Handel Brockes Passion
Handel Dixit Dominus

King’s School Canterbury:

Handel Messiah
Mozart Vespere solennes de confessore

Laudate Choir:

Handel Dixit Dominus
Purcell Come ye sons of art

Oban Bach Choir:

Handel Samson

Haydn Maria Theresa Mass

Bach Cantata Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn BWV.23

Old King’s Scholars Association:

Bach Magnificat
Mozart Exultate Jubilate

Scottish Chamber Choir:

Bach St. John Passion

Thames Voyces:

Poulenc Gloria

Whitstable Choral Society:

Bach St John Passion

Handel Messiah
Haydn Imperial Nelson Mass

Haydn The Seasons
Mozart Mass in C Minor

SONG 

Alongside her larger scale performances, the more intimate world of chamber music occupies a most important place in Emma’s music making. Her repertoire of Art Song continues to expand, encompassing not only the central French and German works of the nineteenth century, but also a number of very special pieces from the baroque and classical periods.

Emma sings regularly in recital around the UK and recent venues include Brechin Cathedral as part of the Brechin Arts Festival, the Swiss Embassy in London and St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Emma enjoys preparing themed recital programmes; most recently a programme of songs based on scottish texts (including Thea Musgrave's A suite o' Bairnsangs and Robert Schumann's Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart) which she performed at the Brechin Arts Festival with her accompanist and husband, Robin Versteeg.

For examples of recital programmes please click here:

(from a recital in Edinburgh, April 2007)

(from a recital in Hyning Monastery, Carnforth, September 2007 - a programme of music set to religious and spiritual texts)

(from a recital in Brechin Cathedral, September 2007 - a programme of music based on Scottish poets and composers)

Music in Hospitals Scotland Scheme
As an artist on Music in Hospitals Scotland, an organisation which arranges professional concerts in care homes and hospices across the country, Emma also enjoys performing in more unusual – and often informal – contexts. The music she sings in this capacity ranges from English and Scottish folksongs, through show numbers by Gershwin, Kern and Porter, to British songs of the Second World War.