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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Emily Jennings

SINGER

Emily Jennings

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Roelof Temmingh

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Described as ‘an extremely engaging singer with not only a marvellous instrument but a real gift for storytelling’ (Association of English Singers and Speakers), Emily is a Britten Pears Young Artist (Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award holder) a SongEasel Young Artist and a Cincinnati Song Initiative Fellow. Emily graduated from the Royal College of Music where she was an award holder supported by an Alice Templeton award. Emily was awarded first prize for the Brooks Van Der Pump English Song Competition during her studies. She was also awarded 2nd Prize in the 2024 Association of English Singers and Speakers’ English Song Competition as well as 2nd Prize in the 2024 London Choral Sinfonia’s Leach Award for Singing Competition. Emily was also selected to perform in the live rounds of the 2024 Wigmore Hall International Song competition. Emily is a passionate performer of art song with a particular fondness for folksongs and storytelling. She has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings and the Cadogan Hall amongst many of the UK’s most exciting recital platforms. Emily has a long love of traditional folk music and frequently performs at some of the most exciting UK festivals including Glastonbury.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

The Shawl - Dorothy Hogben (22/11/25)

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

Tiger, Tiger - Rebecca Clarke (22/11/25)

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

Semi Final -

The Shawl - Dorothy Hogben 4'40

Shy One - Rebecca Clarke 1'40
The Cloths of Heaven - Rebecca Clarke 2'10

Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight - Judith Weir 2'

Final

One that is ever kind - Rebecca Clarke 2'51
God made a tree - Rebecca Clarke 2'20
The Cherry-blossom wand - Rebecca Clarke 3'

Winter Fragments - Jessica Dannheiser 4'40

O let the hollow ground - Poldowski 3'

Why dearest thou thy outward foe? - Imogen Holst 2'
Shall I thus ever long - Imogen Holst 2'08

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