Emelia Bailey

• Olive Anne Beech - Staggerwing - Vanderbilt Opera Theatre - Fall 2024
• CS Music All-State Singer, 2023
• Young Artists Vocal Program, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, 2022
• Semi-Finalist, CS Music Vocal Competition, 2022
• Scholarship Award Winner, CS Music Competition, 2022
• From The Top, NPR, Finalist, 2021
• Daily Joy, NPR, 2021, 2023
• Schmidt Vocal Competition, finalist, 2021
• 1st place, NATS Maine, Classical, 2022, 2020, 2018 - 2nd place, 2021
• The Eleanor Erdman and Diane Nixon Vocal Excellence Prize, Bay Chamber, 2021
• Featured Artist Award, CS Music, 2021
• Maine HS Drama Play Festival Acting Award, 2022, 2020
• Massachusetts Judges Association, Music Grand Champion, 2021
• Massachusetts Judges Association, Maine State Music Champion, 2021
• Superior Rank "Thespy"- International Thespian Festival, musical theatre solo, 2020
• Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, Summer 2020 (4.0 GPA)
• New England Sings, Ogunquit Playhouse, 2nd place, 2019
• 1st place, NATS Maine, Musical Theatre, 2019, 2018, 2016 - 2nd place, 2017
• Maine All-State Choir, soprano 1, 2022, 2021, 2020
• Maine All-State Jazz Choir, 2021
• State Finalist, Poetry Out Loud, 2022
• Tri-M Music Honor Society, vice president
• Librettist, Girl in Six Beats - (composer Daniel Sonenberg)
• University of Southern Maine Choral Insitute, 2019, 2018
• Requiem for My Mother, chorus, Merrill Auditorium, 2018
• Soprano Soloist, Rejoice Greatly O daughter of Zion, St. Anthony's Church, 2018
• Cantor, St. Anthony's Church, 2016 - 2020
• Opera Teens Member, Opera Maine
• Tosca, youth chorus, Opera Maine
• Carmen, youth chorus, Opera Maine

I can't remember a time when I was not involved in singing. However, after performing in the chorus of Opera Maine's Tosca and Carmen when I was young, I became very focused on my pursuit of singing. Since the age of nine, I have been taking voice lessons and have been fortunate to have some fantastic teachers and mentors in my life. I am equally comfortable singing musical theatre material as well as classical. I have a passion for acting and storytelling through music and enjoy taking on serious pieces and more comedic pieces from operetta. I also act in plays and find myself drawn to the entire process of theatre and opera production. I worked with a group of writers to create the libretto for the chamber opera Girl in Six Beats, Daniel Sonenberg. I constantly push myself to grow as an artist and seek opportunities to challenge myself, such as competitions, ensembles, and masterclasses. I will attend Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in the fall of 2023.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, BLAIR SCHOOL OF MUSIC - CLASS OF 2027 (Tyler Nelson - Studio)

CONTACT: emeliabaileysoprano@gmail.com