About Emma

Known for her “songbird voice” (The Berkshire Eagle) Emma West is a versatile Boston-based soprano who focuses her repertoire on early and new music.  As a young artist, Emma has begun an active career in the Boston scene in both the opera and chamber music circles. 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).  Other professional operatic 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.  As a chamber musician, Emma is an active chorister in the Boston area in addition to performing with her voice-viola duo, Reflections.  Emma recently made her international debut with Reflections at the 2026 Cortona Sessions for New Music where the ensemble was featured as one of two ensembles-in-residence for the program.  

 

Emma received her B.M. in Vocal Performance from Millikin University where she sang with the Millikin University Choir and 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.