Sara Emerson

• Concert
• Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Soprano Soloist Michigan Philharmonic April 2022
• Handel’s Messiah Soprano Soloist Adrian Symphony Orchestra December 2021
• Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Soprano Soloist Andrews University Orchestra 2021
• Opera Babies Recital Soloist Kalamazoo Public Library 2019
• Faure’s Requiem Soprano Soloist Adrian Symphony Orchestra 2018
• Faure’s Requiem Soprano Soloist Adrian Symphony Orchestra 2017
• Operetta Concert Soloist AIMS+ Festival Orchestra, Graz, Austria 2016
• Carmina Burana Soprano Soloist Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra 2016
• Bachianas Brasileiras: Aria Soprano Soloist Carnegie Hall, New York 2010
• Roles
• Erste Dame/Erste Knabe Die Zauberflöte Metropolitan International Music Festival 2017
• Mistress of the Novices Suor Angelica West Michigan Opera Project 2016
• Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte Connecticut Lyric Opera 2014
• Mimi (understudy) La Boheme Opera Grand Rapids, Michigan 2012
• Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte Opera Grand Rapids, Michigan 2012
• Mother Amahl and the Night Visitors Southwest Michigan Symphony 2011
• Scenes
• Countess Le nozze di Figaro Asheville Lyric Opera, North Carolina 2012
• Fiordiligi Cosí fan tutte Asheville Lyric Opera, North Carolina 2012
• Giulietta Capuleti e Montecchi Asheville Lyric Opera, North Carolina 2012
• Violetta La Traviata Bowling Green State University Opera 2008
• Musical Theater
• Marian Paroo The Music Man Paw Paw Theater, Michigan 2014
• Lady Larken Once Upon a Mattress Paw Paw Theater, Michigan 2013
• Nettie Fowler Carousel Southwest Michigan Symphony 2009
• Awards
• Semi-Finalist Classical Singer Competition Chicago, Illinois 2017
• Semi-Finalist Meistersinger Competition, AIMS+ Graz, Austria 2016
• First Place Opera Idol Competition Evanston, Illinois 2015
• Winner Holland Chorale Nicholas Loren Vocal Competition Holland, Michigan 2013
• Second Place International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition Boston, Massachusetts 2008
• First Place Bowling Green State University Chamber Music Competition Bowling Green, Ohio 2008
• Second Place Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition Bowling Green, Ohio 2008
• Education
• Bowling Green State University* Master of Music Voice Performance 2008
• University of Michigan Bachelor of Music Voice Performance with Teaching Certificate 2006
• Training
• Metropolitan International Music Festival Young Artists Program New York, New York 2017
• American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS)+ Opera Studio Graz, Austria 2016
• Sherrill Milnes’ VOICE Opera Program Festival Artist Savannah, Georgia 2015
• Connecticut Lyric Opera Summer Institute Hartford, Connecticut 2014
• Asheville Lyric Opera Summer Artist Training Program Asheville, North Carolina 2012
• German and French Studies Immersion Language Studies Graz & Salzburg, Austria; Tours, France 2007,’16

Sara Emerson, is an engaging singer who recently performed with the Michigan Philharmonic, Adrian Symphony, Metropolitan International Music Festival in NYC, Opera Grand Rapids, and AIMS in Graz, Austria. Ms. Emerson was a featured summer artist with Savannah Voice Festival, Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Asheville Lyric Opera. On the operatic stage, she has performed the roles of Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Venus in Offenbach’s Orpehus in the Underworld, and many others. In her musical theater engagements, Ms. Emerson has appeared as Marian Paroo in The Music Man, Nettie in Carousel, and Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress. She performed the leading soprano role of Cleria in the North American premier of the revived manuscript of Francesco Cavalli’s La Virtu de’ Stralli d’Amore.

An active recitalist, Ms. Emerson regularly performs solo recitals throughout the Midwest, including a recent concert in Chicago and recital tour throughout Michigan. She made her international recital debut in 2007 in Paris, France. Ms. Emerson made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 where she performed Hector Villa-Lobos' Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras. She performed as featured soloist in concert with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra (Carmina Burana, soprano soloist), Kalamazoo Bach Festival, UMS Choral Union, and Kalamazoo Singers.

Ms. Emerson won First Place in the Opera Idol Competition with Sherrill Milnes; Second Place in the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition with the PVC Trio, of which Ms. Emerson is the founder; Second Place in the Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition; Third Place in the Holland Chorale Nicholas Loren Vocal Competition; Finalist in the Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition; and Finalist in the Just Love to Sing! Opera Competition.