EMMA VERSTEEG

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 "...Her performances are every conductor’s dream..."
  - David Flood, Musical Director of the Whitstable Choral Society and Organist at Canterbury Cathedral

2011
March             
Dumfries Choral Society                                              
Haydn The Seasons                                                                        
April
Trio Burnsteeg recital for Kyles of Bute Arts Club
European Tour
May                               
Glasgow Lyric Choir                         
Mozart Requiem                           


2010
 11th January
Corporate engagement with Cappella Nova at
Stirling Castle

Music and poetry by Robert Burns
 13th January
Live Music Now recital with pianist Sam Hutchings
Varied repertoire of classical, folk and songs from the shows
 21st January
Live Music Now recital with pianist
Sam Hutchings at the National Gallery of Scotland

Songs and poetry inspired by Scotland, including Britten
and Schumann arrangements of Robert Burns

 25th January
Live Music Now recital at Perth Concert Hall with pianist Sam Hutchings
Programme as above
 
13th February     
Soprano soloist for the Glasgow Lyric Choir
Mozart Requiem
18th-19th February
Concert tour for Music in Hospitals with pianist Robin Versteeg
 
25th-27th February        
Weekend of workshops and performing with Cappella Nova
To include works by Robert Carver and James MacMillan
5th March
Concerts for Live Music Now with pianist Silviya Mihaylova
 
11th-14th March
Weekend of workshops and performing with Cappella Nova To include works by Robert Carver and James MacMillan
18th-19th March
Concert tour for Music in Hospitals with pianist Robin Versteeg
 
24th March
Live Music Now recital with pianist Sam Hutchings at Calderglen Country Park
To include Purcell, Brahms, Hahn and R.Strauss
23rd April
Live Music Now concerts with pianist Silviya Mihaylova 
 
26th April
Live Music Now recital with pianist Sam Hutchings at Perth Concert Hall
Varied repertoire tbc. 
18th May
Evening recital in aid of Music in Hospitals, New Town, Edinburgh
To include Clara Schumann, Fanny Hensel and Amy Beach
21st-23rd May
Concert tour with Trio Burnsteeg
To include works by Samuel Barber, Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Lori Laitman and Andre Previn
26th May
Live Music Now concert with pianist Silviya Mihaylova
Repertoire suitable for Early Years
4th July
Recital with Trio Burnsteeg as part of Balquhidder Summer Music
Repertoire as above
11th July
St Giles at Six recital with pianist Maryam Sherhan as part of Live Music Now
To include Mozart, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Fanny Hensel
9th - 13th August
Chorus member for Ludus Baroque
Edinburgh Festival Fringe performances to include the Bach Mass in B Minor
14th August
Soloist for the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral with the Ludus Baroque Orchestra
Handel Messiah
15th August
Live Music Now recital with pianist Fiona McLeod at the National Museum of Scotland
Programme inspired by the Lewis Chessman Exhibition. Please click on the link for further information
www.nms.ac.uk/fringe
4th December
Soloist for Edinburgh Bach Choir
Bach Cantatas


 2009
30th January
Concert with Canty in Glasgow Cathedral
The life of St Kentigern in Song (to include 3 world premiers of works by James McCarthy, Sheena Phillips and Rebecca Rowe)
12th February            
Song Recital for the Friends of the Council for Music in Hospitals           
Programme to include Britten, Copland, Schumann and Dankworth
27th February
Trio Burnsteeg Recital in Rhu and Shandon Parish Church "From the sublime to the ridiculous" - Caplet, Handel and premier of new works by local composer, Louise Burnet
13th March
Concert with Cappella Nova
To include works by Craig Armstrong (world premier) and Robert Burns settings by James MacMillan and Robert Schumann
14th March
Concert with Cappella Nova
As above
15th March
Concert with Cappella Nova
As above
27th March
Trio Burnsteeg Recital for the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club
A programme of American music including Barber, Copland, Gershwin and Porter
18th April
Song Recital at Hyning Monastery, Carnforth
A selection of Britten folksong arrangements, Mozart French songs, Copland American Songs, Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch,and Ravel Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques
19th April
Song Recital as part of
Sunday at Seven at the West Kirk,Helensburgh
Programme as above
11th - 17th May   Concert Tour with Cappella Nova - "The Geneva Connection". Stirling, Edinburgh, Perth, Inverness and Glasgow. A collection of Psalms and spiritual songs from Scottish, French and Swiss sources to celebrate the John Calvin 500th Anniversary, 
30th May
Soloist with Scottish Voices at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Carver Mass for three voices
3rd June
Song Recital for Live Music Now at the Wighton Heritage Centre, Dundee
Purcell, Dowland, Gounod, Brahms, Gershwin and Dankworth
29th-30th June
Concert tour for Music in Hospitals. Venues including Stirling and Dunoon. 
Scottish folksong, light classical and show songs. 
7th July
Concert for Music in Hospitals
As above
9th July
Song Recital for Live Music Now at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Programme to include Purcell, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Mozart
22nd July
Concert for Music in Hospitals
Programme as for 29th June
24th July
Soprano soloist for Kelvin Camerata
Handel Dixit Dominus
28th July
Concert for Music in Hospitals
Programme as for 29th June
11th August
Concert with Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk Edinburgh
Handel Alexander's Feast
13th August
Concert with Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk Edinburgh
Bach B Minor Mass
22nd August
Soprano soloist with St Mary's Cathedral Choir at St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh
Coronation Music by Handel and Purcell
30th August
Song recital for Live Music Now at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Programme including songs by Mozart, Britten, Ravel, Wolf and Copland
5th September
Trio Burnsteeg recital in the Cathedral of the Isles, Milport, Isle of Cumbrae
Repertoire for flute, soprano and piano tbc.

26th September                     
Private event for Live Music Now at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock
Selected songs including Schumann Burns settings
30th September
Soloist with Scottish Voices in collaboration with Scottish Opera Orchestra
Pacific Pathways by Graham Hair, for four female voices with orchestra
18th OctoberTrio Burnsteeg Recital for Beith Arts Guild
A programme of American repertoire for flute, soprano and piano 
4th - 5th November
Live Music Now concerts for South Lanarkshire's "Wee Drams" project with accompanist Sam Hutchings
 
8th November
Soprano soloist for Helensburgh Oratorio Choir
Vaughan-Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
14th November
Fundraising event for Music in Hospitals at Buchanan Castle Golf Club
Light classical and songs from the shows
22nd November
Soprano soloist for Glasgow Lyric Choir, St Andrew's in the Square Glasgow
Haydn St Cecilia Mass
2nd December
Concert with Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk Edinburgh
Bach Christmas Oratorio
3rd December
Fundraising event for Music in Hospitals, Ramsay Gardens, Edinburgh 

13th December
Soprano soloist for Cupar Choral Society
Vivaldi Gloria and Britten Ceremony of Carols

18th-21st December        
Carols by Candlelight concert tour with Cappella Nova. Venues including Barony Hall, Glasgow and Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.


  2008
January - June
Continuation of study with Helen Lawson at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama                            

15th March
Soprano soloist for Whitstable Choral Society
Bach St John Passion
20th March
Recital for Music in Hospitals
A programme of light classical, folk and cabaret
27th March
Recital for Music in Hospitals
Programme as above
7th June 
Recital for Music in Hospitals               
Programme as above
4th July
Concert with Cappella Nova in 
St Giles Cathedral
Voices Of Scotland
Scottish Music and Poetry from the
6th Century to the 21st
28th - 29th July
Concert tour to Argyll for Music in Hospitals Programme as for 20th March
7th August
Concert with Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Bach Mass in B Minor 
18th August
Recital for Music in Hospitals Programme as for 20th March
21st August
Recital for Music in Hospitals
Programme as for 20th March
12th September
Recital in Rhu Parish Church
Samuel Barber Hermit Songs and Maurice Ravel
Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques
13th September
Concert tour to Aberdeen for Music in Hospitals
A programme of light classical music, folksong and songs from the shows
25th - 26th September
Concert tour to Dumfries and Galloway for Music in Hospitals
 A programme of light classical music, folksong and songs from the shows
5th October
Recital as part of Balerno Music Festival
Programme to include Schumann settings of texts by Robert Burns, Britten arrangements of folk songs, arias from opera and operetta, Ravel Cinq Melodies Populaires Grecques and a selction of popular numbers

29th November                     
Soprano soloist for the St Andrews Chorus
Bach Wachet Auf and Handel Dixit Dominus 
30th November
Soprano soloist for Glasgow Lyric Choir
Bach Christmas Oratorio
16th December Concert with Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk Edinburgh
Bach Christmas Oratorio
19th December
Concert with Cappella Nova in Glasgow
Carols by Candlelight
20th December
Concert with Cappella Nova in Edinburgh
Carols by Candlelight
21st December
Concert with Cappella Nova in Brechin
Carols by Candlelight


  2007
January - August
completion of postgraduate diploma at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama  
 1st September
Song recital in Carnforth, LancashireProgramme to include Schubert, Caplet and Barber Hermit Songs
30th September
Song recital in Brechin Cathdral - finale of the Brechin Arts Festival
"Scotland in song" - including songs by Schubert, Schumann, Thea Musgrave and John Dankworth
25th October
Recital for Music in Hospitals
To include Gershwin, Kern, Porter and Rogers and Hammerstein
1st November
Song recital for the New Helvetic Society in the Swiss Embassy, London
Handel, Mozart, Duparc, Clara Schumann and Schoeck
1st December
Soprano soloist for the Cunninghame Choir
Opera Gala Evening
9th December
Recital as part of St. Giles at Six series in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Programme to include Samuel Barber Hermit Songs
12th December
Recital for Music in Hospitals
Show songs and popular christmas tunes!
14th December
Choral singer for Ludus Baroque
Bach Christmas Oratorio
16th December
Soprano soloist for Ayr Choral UnionBach Christmas Oratorio
20th December
Recital for Music in Hospitals
Programme as for 12th December
21st December
Soprano soloist for the Cumbernauld Choir
Extracts from the Messiah