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Emma Halnan
Flute
PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL
• Ulster Orchestra - Guest Principal and trial for Principal Flute (2024 - ongoing)
• London Concertante
• Hanover Band
• English Touring Opera
• Orchestra of the Sixteen
• RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - Trial for Associate Principal (2019)
• English National Opera - Trial for principal piccolo (2017-2018)
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Trial for principal flute (2015-2016) and subsequent Guest Principal work
• London Mozart Players - Guest Principal Flute
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
• The Little Orchestra - Principal
• Southwell Festival Orchestra
• Glyndebourne Touring Opera “On the Road” Scheme for young professionals (2018)
• Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Sinfonia Cymru
ORCHESTRAL TRAINING
• European Union Youth Orchestra - principal flute (2014-2016)
• London Sinfonietta Academy - flute/piccolo
• Zermatt Festival Academy, Switzerland
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Experience Scheme Participant
• European Union Baroque Orchestra (2014-2016)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Recitals include St. David’s Hall; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Bath International Music Festival; “Concerts in the West” Tours; recital at “La Cote” Flute Festival, Switzerland, Gower Festival, English Music Festival, St. John’s Smith Square 2019, Radio 3 “In Tune” live broadcasts
• Flute and piano - various
• Aurora Trio (flute/viola/harp - since 2012): 2014/15 & 2015/16, Chamber Music Fellowship at Royal Academy of Music.
• Ulster Orchestra - Guest Principal and trial for Principal Flute (2024 - ongoing)
• London Concertante
• Hanover Band
• English Touring Opera
• Orchestra of the Sixteen
• RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - Trial for Associate Principal (2019)
• English National Opera - Trial for principal piccolo (2017-2018)
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Trial for principal flute (2015-2016) and subsequent Guest Principal work
• London Mozart Players - Guest Principal Flute
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
• The Little Orchestra - Principal
• Southwell Festival Orchestra
• Glyndebourne Touring Opera “On the Road” Scheme for young professionals (2018)
• Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Sinfonia Cymru
ORCHESTRAL TRAINING
• European Union Youth Orchestra - principal flute (2014-2016)
• London Sinfonietta Academy - flute/piccolo
• Zermatt Festival Academy, Switzerland
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Experience Scheme Participant
• European Union Baroque Orchestra (2014-2016)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Recitals include St. David’s Hall; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Bath International Music Festival; “Concerts in the West” Tours; recital at “La Cote” Flute Festival, Switzerland, Gower Festival, English Music Festival, St. John’s Smith Square 2019, Radio 3 “In Tune” live broadcasts
• Flute and piano - various
• Aurora Trio (flute/viola/harp - since 2012): 2014/15 & 2015/16, Chamber Music Fellowship at Royal Academy of Music.
Recitals include Deal Festival, Dean and Chadlington Summer Music Festival and Hampton Court Palace & Live Music
Now alumni (please see www.auroratrio.co.uk)
• Recitals with Emma Johnson & Friends
• The Assembly Project - including St. Magnus Festival
• Music for Awhile (baroque ensemble)
• Recitals with Jack Hancher (guitar) including Hertfordshire Festival of Music and various music clubs
• Recital with Eblana String Trio including Concerts in the West Tour and various music clubs
• Member of Tailleferre Ensemble, chamber collective promoting music by female and lesser known composers
• Recitals with Emma Johnson & Friends
• The Assembly Project - including St. Magnus Festival
• Music for Awhile (baroque ensemble)
• Recitals with Jack Hancher (guitar) including Hertfordshire Festival of Music and various music clubs
• Recital with Eblana String Trio including Concerts in the West Tour and various music clubs
• Member of Tailleferre Ensemble, chamber collective promoting music by female and lesser known composers
RECORDINGS
• 2024, “La Rossa” for solo flute, and “A Brother Abroad” for chamber ensemble by Martin Bussey - Resonus Classics
• 2023, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (piccolo), Signum Classics
• 2023, Tailleferre Ensemble debut album “There Are Things to Be Said”
• 2022, BBCNOW/Christopher Gray, Russell Pascoe: A Secular Requiem (principal piccolo)
• Crépuscule - Aurora Trio - EM Records (2021)
• Karl Jenkins, Symphonic Adiemus, Decca (solo flute)
• Marillion “With Friends from the Orchestra” 2018 sessions, 2019 release
• 2015, BBCSSO/Martyn Brabbins, Elgar: Enigma Variations, Hyperion A68101 (principal flute)
• Michael Csanyi-Wills, Songs with Orchestra, Londamis Ensemble/Mark Eager, Toccata Classics
• Brahms Waltzes arr. flute trio and piano, with William Bennett, Lorna Mcghee & John Lenehan (BEEP42)
• Royal Academy of Music Soloists’ Ensemble, Bruckner Symphony No.2 (chamber arrangement), Linn Records
SOLO PERFORMANCE includes:
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Live on BBC Radio 3 & BBC 2), Reinecke Concerto (2010)
• BBC Concert Orchestra (Broadcast on BBC Radio 2 “Friday Night is Music Night”), Rutter: Suite Antique (2010)
• European Union Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, Kings Lynn Festival. (2010)
• London Mozart Players - Ibert: Flute Concerto, Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2014)
• London Mozart Players - Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (2018)
• Hertfordshire Festival Orchestra (2022), Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for flute and strings
• Welsh Sinfonia - Ibert: Flute Concerto, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff (2013)
• Croydon Symphony Orchestra - Ibert: Flute Concerto (2018)
• Guildford Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Flute Concerto (2018)
• Cyprus Sinfonia - Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto at Saffron Hall (2016)
• Dulwich Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Flute Concerto (2014)
• University of London Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Concerto (2014)
• London Charity Orchestra - Chaminade: Concertino at St. John’s Smith Square. (2010)
• Sampson Orchestra, Cambridge - Borne: Carmen Fantasy (2017)
• Hertfordshire Wind Sinfonia - Mower: Concerto for flute and wind orchestra (2012 & 2015)
EDUCATION WORK
• Flute teacher, Wells Cathedral School (2023 onwards)
• Masterclasses given include Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Flute teacher, Oxford Flute Summer School
• Flute teacher, Cambridge University
• Flute tutor, National School’s Symphony Orchestra
• Flute teacher, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Adjudicator, Two Moors Festival Competition
• Adjudicator for the Final of the Harold Clarke Woodwind Prize, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Deputy teacher at Junior Royal Academy of Music
• Chamber Music Teacher, Junior Royal Academy of Music
• Flute tutor, Yorkshire Young Sinfonia
• ‘Open Academy’ Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music (2014-2015)
• Educational projects with the Aurora Trio including at RAM and Leeds College of Music
AWARDS & PRIZES
• Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) - 2024
• Royal Overseas League Competition 2019 Sussex Prize for Woodwind
• Making Music's Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists Award - Winner (2018-2020)
• Croydon Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition - Winner (2017)
• Sir Karl Jenkins/The Arts Club Classical Music Award, in association with Classic FM - Winner (2016)
• City Music Foundation Selected Artist (2015/2016)
• Kenneth Loveland Gift – Winner (2014)
• Hattori Foundation Senior Award – Winner (2014)
• Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund (2014/2015)
• International Award Carl Reinecke (Italy) Senior Category - First Prize (2013)
• Croydon Festival Concerto Competition - Winner (2013)
• Royal Academy of Music Jonathan Myall Piccolo Prize - Winner (2013)
• Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award - Finalist (2013)
• Yamaha Music Foundation Europe Scholarships - Winner (2012)
• Purcell School Fenton Leaver’s Award - Winner (2010)
• BBC Young Musician Woodwind Category - Winner/Concerto Finalist (2010)
EDUCATION
• Royal Academy of Music, 1st Class BMus (Hons) & LRAM with Distinction (2010-2014)
• Purcell School of Music (2008-2010)
Teachers: Robert Winn, Gitte Marcusson, William Bennett, Kate Hill, Helen Keen, Sophie Johnson, Lisa Beznosiuk, Patricia Morris, Anna Pope and Clare Southworth
• 2024, “La Rossa” for solo flute, and “A Brother Abroad” for chamber ensemble by Martin Bussey - Resonus Classics
• 2023, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (piccolo), Signum Classics
• 2023, Tailleferre Ensemble debut album “There Are Things to Be Said”
• 2022, BBCNOW/Christopher Gray, Russell Pascoe: A Secular Requiem (principal piccolo)
• Crépuscule - Aurora Trio - EM Records (2021)
• Karl Jenkins, Symphonic Adiemus, Decca (solo flute)
• Marillion “With Friends from the Orchestra” 2018 sessions, 2019 release
• 2015, BBCSSO/Martyn Brabbins, Elgar: Enigma Variations, Hyperion A68101 (principal flute)
• Michael Csanyi-Wills, Songs with Orchestra, Londamis Ensemble/Mark Eager, Toccata Classics
• Brahms Waltzes arr. flute trio and piano, with William Bennett, Lorna Mcghee & John Lenehan (BEEP42)
• Royal Academy of Music Soloists’ Ensemble, Bruckner Symphony No.2 (chamber arrangement), Linn Records
SOLO PERFORMANCE includes:
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Live on BBC Radio 3 & BBC 2), Reinecke Concerto (2010)
• BBC Concert Orchestra (Broadcast on BBC Radio 2 “Friday Night is Music Night”), Rutter: Suite Antique (2010)
• European Union Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, Kings Lynn Festival. (2010)
• London Mozart Players - Ibert: Flute Concerto, Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2014)
• London Mozart Players - Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (2018)
• Hertfordshire Festival Orchestra (2022), Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for flute and strings
• Welsh Sinfonia - Ibert: Flute Concerto, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff (2013)
• Croydon Symphony Orchestra - Ibert: Flute Concerto (2018)
• Guildford Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Flute Concerto (2018)
• Cyprus Sinfonia - Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto at Saffron Hall (2016)
• Dulwich Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Flute Concerto (2014)
• University of London Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Concerto (2014)
• London Charity Orchestra - Chaminade: Concertino at St. John’s Smith Square. (2010)
• Sampson Orchestra, Cambridge - Borne: Carmen Fantasy (2017)
• Hertfordshire Wind Sinfonia - Mower: Concerto for flute and wind orchestra (2012 & 2015)
EDUCATION WORK
• Flute teacher, Wells Cathedral School (2023 onwards)
• Masterclasses given include Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Flute teacher, Oxford Flute Summer School
• Flute teacher, Cambridge University
• Flute tutor, National School’s Symphony Orchestra
• Flute teacher, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Adjudicator, Two Moors Festival Competition
• Adjudicator for the Final of the Harold Clarke Woodwind Prize, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
• Deputy teacher at Junior Royal Academy of Music
• Chamber Music Teacher, Junior Royal Academy of Music
• Flute tutor, Yorkshire Young Sinfonia
• ‘Open Academy’ Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music (2014-2015)
• Educational projects with the Aurora Trio including at RAM and Leeds College of Music
AWARDS & PRIZES
• Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) - 2024
• Royal Overseas League Competition 2019 Sussex Prize for Woodwind
• Making Music's Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists Award - Winner (2018-2020)
• Croydon Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition - Winner (2017)
• Sir Karl Jenkins/The Arts Club Classical Music Award, in association with Classic FM - Winner (2016)
• City Music Foundation Selected Artist (2015/2016)
• Kenneth Loveland Gift – Winner (2014)
• Hattori Foundation Senior Award – Winner (2014)
• Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund (2014/2015)
• International Award Carl Reinecke (Italy) Senior Category - First Prize (2013)
• Croydon Festival Concerto Competition - Winner (2013)
• Royal Academy of Music Jonathan Myall Piccolo Prize - Winner (2013)
• Royal Academy of Music Patrons Award - Finalist (2013)
• Yamaha Music Foundation Europe Scholarships - Winner (2012)
• Purcell School Fenton Leaver’s Award - Winner (2010)
• BBC Young Musician Woodwind Category - Winner/Concerto Finalist (2010)
EDUCATION
• Royal Academy of Music, 1st Class BMus (Hons) & LRAM with Distinction (2010-2014)
• Purcell School of Music (2008-2010)
Teachers: Robert Winn, Gitte Marcusson, William Bennett, Kate Hill, Helen Keen, Sophie Johnson, Lisa Beznosiuk, Patricia Morris, Anna Pope and Clare Southworth
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Instruments
Flute, Alto Flute, Baroque Flute, Classical Flute, Piccolo, Remote Recording
