Emma Halnan

Flute

www.emmahalnan.co.uk

PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL

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)
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
Music For Awhile (period ensemble led by Margaret Faultless)
Sinfonia Cymru

ORCHESTRAL TRAINING

European Union Youth Orchestra - principal (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

Flute & piano, flute & string trio, flute & guitar etc.
- Recitals include Hertfordshire Festival of Music, 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
With Aurora Trio (Jordan Sian, viola; Heather Wrighton, harp - since 2012) www.auroratrio.co.uk
- 2014/15 & 2015/16, Chamber Music Fellowship at Royal Academy of Music.
- Recitals include Wigmore Hall, St. James’s, Piccadilly; Southbank Centre; Harrogate Festival & Live Music Now Artists; Concordia Foundation Artists

RECORDINGS

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

EDUCATION WORK

Masterclasses given include Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire
Flute teacher, Oxford Flute Summer School
Flute teacher, Cambridge University
Flute teacher, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
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
Flutewise staff (www.flutewise.com)
Mini Mozart practitioner

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)
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)

AWARDS & PRIZES

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