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Emma Halnan was born in 1992 and is from Letchworth, Hertfordshire. She started learning the flute when she was eight years old with Debbie Smith, later studying with Clare Southworth. Emma studied with Anna Pope at the Purcell School from 2008-2010, where she received a scholarship from the Government's Music and Dance Scheme. Whilst at the school, Emma won the 2012 Fenton Leavers’ Award. Currently, Emma is a second year undergraduate studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Kate Hill and Patricia Morris. She has also had lessons/masterclasses with teachers such as William Bennett (WIBB), Ian Clarke, Philippa Davies, Paul Edmund-Davies, Louise Matthew, Sarah Newbold, Emily Beynon and Emmanuel Pahud. Emma reached the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician 2010, in which she performed Reinecke’s Flute Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Vasily Petrenko. As a result of this, she is now managed by YCAT (Young Concert Artists' Trust) and her performances have been broadcast on BBC 2, BBC 4 and BBC Radio 3. Emma’s most recent competition success was as a YMFE (Yamaha Music Foundation Europe) 2012 Scholarship Winner. |
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Emma has played at many major venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Cadogan Hall, St.John's, Smith Square and Central Hall, Westminster. She also performed at the 2009 Commonwealth Day Celebrations at Westminster Abbey, attended by the Queen. She has appeared twice at the Wigmore Hall with her chamber music partner, percussionist Hristo Dushev. In November 2011, they premiered Edward Longstaff’s Flute and Marimba Concerto with Teesside Symphony Orchestra. Emma has performed extensively as a concerto soloist. In 2010, she broadcast on BBC Radio 2 "Friday Night is Music Night" with the BBC Concert Orchestra. She has also performed with orchestras such as the European Union Chamber Orchestra, The Purcell School Symphony Orchestra, London Charity Orchestra, Ealing Symphony Orchestra, Watford Symphony Orchestra, Stevenage Symphony Orchestra and Hertfordshire Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. As an orchestral flautist, Emma has played with numerous RAM ensembles, including the Academy Concert Orchestra and Royal Academy Opera. In July 2012, she is due to travel to New York with the Academy Symphony Orchestra. Emma is also principal flute in Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra. Her future engagements include Mike Mower’s concerto for flute and wind orchestra with Hertfordshire Wind Sinfonia, and a recital at the 2012 British Flute Society Convention in Manchester. Emma performs regularly with pianist Daniel King-Smith, with whom she recently gave recitals at Bath International Music Festival and at the Benslow Music Trust in Hitchin. www.emmahalnan.co.uk © Halnan 2010 |
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