About Emma

Known for her “songbird voice” (The Berkshire Eagle) Emma West is a versatile Boston-based soprano who focuses her repertoire on both early and new music.  As a young artist, Emma has begun an active career in the Boston music scene.  In the Fall of 2025 she premiered the role of Miranda in Eric Sawyer and Ron Bashford’s new opera, The Onion, to which she was praised for her “great coloratura celebration” and acting (The Boston Musical Intelligencer).  She additionally performs frequently in recital and chamber settings, the latter with her soprano-viola duo, Reflections, with violist Vincent Francis.  Her other professional credits include supernumerary work for Boston Lyric Opera in La Cenerentola, featured ensemble in Don Giovanni for Boston Summer Opera’s inaugural season, and premiering the role of Queen Alice in Ted&Togo’s The Haunted Palace.  

 

Emma received her B.M. in Vocal Performance from Millikin University where she also sang in the Millikin University Choir and with Millikin Opera Theatre.  Emma holds a M.M. in Voice Performance from Longy School of Music in addition to being a two-time alum of Longy’s Divergent Studio.