Emily Bloom began her musical studies
at the
Royal Irish Academy of Music
in Dublin. In 2001 she was awarded a
Foundation Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, London,
where
she studied recorder with Ashley Solomon and Julien Feltrin. During her time at the RCM Emily won numerous
prizes including the Richard III and Century prizes for Early Music. She graduated in 2005 with a BMus (Hons) first
class degree. Emily went on to study on
the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance course at the Royal Academy of
Music
where she studied with Peter Holtslag and Daniël Brüggen.
She was awarded the William Rayner
Scholarship to fund her studies at the RAM. She
graduated in 2007 with distinction and received a
Foundation
Award.
Emily has performed at the Aldburgh
Festival, Brighton Early Music
Festival, London Handel Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. George’s
Hanover
Square, St Martin in the Fields and the Handel House Museum. She performed a solo recital, broadcast on
BBC Radio Ulster, as part of the Belfast Festival.
A keen performer of both Early and
Contemporary music Emily has performed
with various ensembles including Florilegium, Endymion, Feinstein
Ensemble and
the Avison Ensemble. In 2009 she
commissioned Edwin Roxburgh to write a piece, Capriccio,
for
solo tenor recorder which she premiered and worked
closely with the composer in preparing the score for publication.
Emily is committed to
educational work and in
raising the profile of the recorder. In
addition to her recorder teaching she also runs an early music
programme at
Forest School, Snaresbrook, introducing younger pupils to historical
instruments and repertoire. |
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