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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)

 

 

One of Canada's most highly regarded vocal coaches, Emily Hamper resides in Calgary, Alberta, where she is Head Coach at Calgary Opera.  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. 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. She has been a member of the coaching staff at Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices and Opera Theater of Saint Louis. In 2015, she co-founded the Stratford Summer Music Vocal Academy, an élite program for aspiring singers and pianists. Emily will join Nuova Vocal Arts as vocal coach and répétiteur for the world premiere of the new Canadian opera Silence in June 2025.

 

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 Opera Theater of Saint Louis 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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