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"The extremely difficult piano part was perfectly realized by Emily Hamper, a very authoritative accompanist throughout the concert." (Concertonet, Paris, January 2014)

 

 

Emily Hamper has earned an excellent reputation for her exceptional skills as a vocal coach and accompanist. Engaged by opera companies and musical organizations nationally and abroad, she has collaborated with many of Canada’s most prominent singers. Emily is an alumna of the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera, and winner of the Best Collaborative Pianist prize at the Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition. Since 2014, she has been on the faculty of Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. Emily began her career on the music staff at the University of Toronto’s Opera Division, and was Music Director of Opera at Wilfrid Laurier University from 2019 - 2022. In 2015, she co-founded the Stratford Summer Music Vocal Academy, an élite program for aspiring singers and pianists. She now holds the position of Head Coach and Associate Chorus Master at Calgary Opera. 

 

Ms Hamper has been engaged by the following

companies and organisations:

L’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal ARAM (Montreal) The Banff Centre CBC Radio Calgary Opera The Canadian Opera Company     Canadian Vocal Arts Institute La Chapelle Historique de Bon Pasteur Début Atlantic Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music Competition Green Mountain Opera Festival INNERchamber Institute for Young Dramatic Voices Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra I Musici de Montréal National Arts Centre Nelson Summer Songfest Opera Atelier L’Opéra de Montréal Orford Festival Overture Concerts        Pacific Opera Victoria Queensland Music Festival San Francisco Opera Center Société Radio-Canada Soundstreams Canada Symphonic Workshops/International Opera Workshop Toronto Summer Music Festival L’Université de Montréal University of Alberta University of Toronto Vancouver International Song Institute        Vermont Public Radio Victoria Conservatory of Music Les Violons du Roy Washington Cultural Group Wilfrid Laurier University York University

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