Guest soloist/consort singer or in recital with Maria Cleary double harp Eric Milnes/Lucy Carolan harpsichord Anthony Bailes/Christopher Morrongiello/Stephen Stubbs/Elizabeth Kenny lute, theorbo or London Baroque

‘intensely moving and touching… of the highest order’ Fanfare

Emily Van Evera has earned an international reputation for expressive singing of a variety of repertoires. In addition to live performances in recital, oratorio and baroque opera she features on numerous groundbreaking and award-winning recordings including as Purcell’s Dido (Taverner Consort, BBC/Sony) and in Italian 16th and 17th century chamber music (Circa 1500, Tragicomedia, Musica Secreta). Her latest disc, a musical portrait of the Elizabethan gentlewoman and muse Lady Penelope Rich, marks a new departure for Emily as the first in a series of artist-led special projects. It received outstanding critical acclaim and will be followed by concerts and recordings of music by Venetian virtuosa Barbara Strozzi and by Francesca Caccini, singer/songwriter to the Medici. Emily has also welcomed recent forays into later repertoire: Fanny Mendelssohn, Charles Ives and Vaughan Williams, English and Irish folk music and 20th century popular song.

‘delectable singing ... effortlessly fluent in technique, limpid in tone and sheerly musical’ Early Music

Sample Programme:

My Lady Rich: Portrait in music by Byrd, Dowland, Coprario and Tessier
The Muse’s Mistress: Music of Francesca Caccini and Barbara Strozzi
English and French 17th century Song

Education:

Available for masterclasses.

Recordings:

My Lady Rich, Avie
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Taverner Consort, Sony
Various with Musicians of Swanne Alley, Circa 1500, Taverner Players, Tragicomedia, Gothic Voices, Musica Secreta

Performances:

10 Mar 07 All Souls Oxford, The Neill Concert
16 Mar 07 Philadelphia International Bach Festival,
New York Collegium
12 April 07 Oxford, Early English Organ Project
2 June 07 Reading University, Conference on Women
Singers in Early Modern Italy
11 July 07 Chiemsee Festival, Taverner Consort

Contact:

Kate Fawcett, 7 The Green, Shustoke, Coleshill, West Midlands B46 2AR

Tel: 01675 481814
Mobile 07974 790650

Email: toomanykates@hotmail.com
Website: www.emilyvanevera.com