Emily Hamper is well known throughout Canada for her exceptional skills as a vocal coach and accompanist. Singers from her coaching studio perform with major opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world. She is highly sought-after as a private coach and collaborator for recitals, and has worked as a rehearsal pianist and assistant conductor for many prominent opera companies and organizations. Ms. Hamper has recently been engaged by Calgary Opera, Opera Atelier, the Orford Festival and the Vancouver International Song Institute. She has also served on the faculty of the University of Toronto, L'Université de Montréal, the Banff Centre and Wilfrid Laurier University. Her performances have been broadcast on CBC, Radio-Canada, Classical 96.3 FM and Vermont Public Radio. In 2011 she was awarded the Best Collaborative Pianist Prize at the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition and accompanied first-prize winner Erica Iris Huang on the national winner's tour. Her 2013 - 14 season features recitals for Music Toronto and L'Opéra National de Paris with baritone Phillip Addis. Ms. Hamper was recently invited by Dolora Zajick to join the faculty of the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices in 2014.

 

Ms. Hamper was born in Vancouver and received her undergraduate musical training at UBC. She furthered her studies at the Opera Division at the University of Toronto, where she was hired as a staff coach upon graduation. She is an alumna of the prestigious Merola Opera Program, and in 2002 was awarded a Merola Career Grant for studies in Munich. She currently lives in Stratford, Ontario.