Emily Hall

Emily Hall is a composer, known first and foremost for her songwriting. Much of Emily Hall’s music is formed from close creative relationships with singers, instrumentalists and writers and finding her own ways of using technology and live performance. She has written for the BBC Singers, Manchester Collective, London Sinfonietta, LSO, LCO, BBC NOW, the Brodsky Quartet, Opera North, LCO, Mahogany Opera, Hungarian Radio Choir, Aldeburgh Music and Streetwise Opera.

Emily has written five operas, none of which are traditional in form and many, many songs, including a trilogy of song cycles with author Toby Litt, on love (Befalling), motherhood (Life Cycle) and death (Rest).

Her music has been recorded by a multitude of artists including the BBC Singers, LSO, Allan Clayton, Olivia Chaney, Lady Maisery, The Hermes Experiment, Juice Vocal Ensemble and Onyx Brass.

Emily Hall is the recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists, the Genesis Opera Prize, the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award and the Corinthia AIR. Emily Hall is a member of Bedroom Community, the Icelandic record label and is signed to Manners Mcdade publishing.

Biography

Emily Hall is a composer, known first and foremost for her songwriting. Much of Emily Hall’s music is formed from close creative relationships with singers, instrumentalists and writers and finding her own ways of using technology and live performance. She has written for the BBC Singers, Manchester Collective, London Sinfonietta, LSO, LCO, BBC NOW, the Brodsky Quartet, Opera North, LCO, Mahogany Opera, Hungarian Radio Choir, Aldeburgh Music and Streetwise Opera.

Emily has written five operas, none of which are traditional in form and many, many songs, including a trilogy of song cycles with author Toby Litt, on love (Befalling), motherhood (Life Cycle) and death (Rest).

Her music has been recorded by a multitude of artists including the BBC Singers, LSO, Allan Clayton, Olivia Chaney, Lady Maisery, The Hermes Experiment, Juice Vocal Ensemble and Onyx Brass.

Emily Hall is the recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists, the Genesis Opera Prize, the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award and the Corinthia AIR. Emily Hall is a member of Bedroom Community, the Icelandic record label and is signed to Manners Mcdade publishing.

Compilations with this composer

Compilations
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Slide Action: RE-BUILD

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The NMC Songbook

The NMC Songbook

NMC Recordings

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Jerwood 5

The Jerwood Series 5: Ian Vine, Emily Hall and Anna Meredith

London Sinfonietta Label

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Onyx Brass: The sun is free to flow with the sea

NMC Recordings

Since its establishment 30 years ago, Onyx Brass have been pioneers in advocating the brass quintet as a medium for excellent new chamber music. Their new album features commissions by some of the most renowned composers working today including Errollyn Wallen, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Roxanna Panufnik, Simon Dobson, Yshani Perinpanayagam, and others.

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