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OPERA & THEATRE

Emily works as a Music Director for Opera, Musicals, Theatre and Choirs, working with a wide range of musical styles and abilities.

For Opera Up Close Emily was Musical Director for West End and touring productions of Don Giovanni, Tosca, The Barber of Seville and the Olivier award-winning La Bohème.

Emily is Associate Music Director for Ocean Theatre Company and has been involved with this Ascot based production company for many years. Productions include Sweeney Todd, Our House, Gemini, Titanic, Beauty and the Beast, The Pirate Queen.

For Work of Genius productions Emily was Music Director for Wonderland, by Gyles Brandreth, which premiered at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Festival.

Emily regularly works for the Southbank Centre Voice Lab project, including as Assistant Music Director for The Big Wedding Weekend, and the Wow Festival at the Royal Festival Hall.

In 2013 Emily was Music Director for a unique production, The Events (Edinburgh Festival, The Young Vic Theatre and National tour), for Actors Touring Company. This play featured a different community choir on stage at every show.

CHOIRS

Emily is currently Music Director of ‘Lemon Tuesdays’, a ladies choir in Rickmansworth.

Now in it’s fourth year, Emily leads ‘Forstissimo’, a mixed office based choir for Forsters LLP lawfirm.

Emily is also Associate Music Director for ‘Earthly Voices’, a community choir in Esher.

As part of Singingworks, a company which sets up and runs office based choirs, Emily started ‘The High Altitunes’ for Gatwick Airport Limited.

As a firm believer in the health and psychological benefits that singing as a group can provide, Emily has enjoyed running choirs at HMP New Hall, HMP Huntercombe and HMP Coldingley as well as workshops at HMP Holloway. http://www.choirsbeatingtime.org/

In addition Emily has a long running association as deputy choir leader for the following choirs:

– Maggie’s, Charing Cross Hospital
– Mind and Soul, Maudsley Hospital
– Micro-Rainbow International, LGBT Refugee choir
– Olswang
– Royal Mail
– KWM
– Shell
– Nomura

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Guardian, 2011

Don Giovanni, Soho Theatre

“Music Director Emily Leather realises Mozart’s orchestration eloquently on the piano”

The Reviews Hub, 2013

The Events, Plymouth Theatre Royal

“The Pianist Emily Leather is flawless throughout. Also acting as choir master and occasional character, Leather succeeds in maintaining the momentum of the production. Her playing of the piano is without fault, and Leather’s performance makes the live music a key element of the production.”

OPERA & THEATRE

CHOIRS

“Music Director Emily Leather realises Mozart’s orchestration eloquently on the piano”

“The Pianist Emily Leather is flawless throughout. Also acting as choir master and occasional character, Leather succeeds in maintaining the momentum of the production. Her playing of the piano is without fault, and Leather’s performance makes the live music a key element of the production.”

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