Emily Amesquita

• Finalist — Schmidt Undergraduate Vocal Competition — 2023
• Semifinalist — Schmidt Undergraduate Vocal Competition — 2022
• 3rd Place — Central Region Chicago NATS (Round One) — 2021
• 1st Place — Washington NATS Senior Scholarship — 2021
• 1st Place — Schmidt Vocal Competition (Washington Cohort) — 2021

Mezzo-soprano Emily Amesquita’s performance work ranges from choral settings to concert repertoire to operatic performances. Originally from Seattle, WA, she currently studies vocal performance at Northwestern University under the tutelage of Karen Brunssen, where she is a member of the Bienen Contemporary/Early Music Ensemble (BCE) under Andrew Megill and co-president of the undergraduate opera company, Opera Projects for Undergraduate Singers (OPUS). This past season, Emily sang Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff with La Musica Lirica and Le Prince Charmant in an OPUS production of Massenet’s Cendrillon, with an upcoming production in which she will sing Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the mainstage Northwestern Opera Theater. Aside from opera, she has also had the pleasure of performing as a soloist with St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Seattle Opera, and choral ensemble, Roots in the Sky, based in Bozeman.