Emma Clark, soprano, originally hails from DeWitt, Michigan. She began studying both piano and voice at a young age and now enjoys singing in a wide variety of styles, from contemporary and classical opera and art song to musical theatre and jazz. In April of 2024, she completed her Master of Performance in Voice at Bowling Green State University. She has continued residing in Bowling Green post-grad, working as a freelance soprano, arts administrator, and private voice and piano teacher.
A few recent stage credits include Chorus in South Pacific (Toledo Opera), Fiona in Brigadoon (BGSU), Sandman/Dew Fairy (covers) in Hänsel und Gretel (Musikverein in Vienna, Austria), Damigella in The Coronation of Poppea (BGSU), Claire in Ordinary Days (Hope College), and Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Hope College). Recently Emma and her duo partner, Stephen Eckert (piano), have recently planned and performed two art song concerts at the Toledo Club in Toledo, OH, with the support of The David Silvas Group. Emma was the 2023 winner of the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition at BGSU and served as Assistant Director to Professor Keith Phares for the CMA’s Spring 2024 production of Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon. During her graduate degree, Emma also collaborated on an art song project called lifetrees with fellow BGSU graduate student, Jonathan Kroeger. Emma is also a published poet! Her poem “An ode to loaded nachos and light, summer beer with lime” appears in 86 Logic’s 8th issue.
Along with her love for performing and teaching, Emma also enjoys arts administration. She recently served as a Special Projects Coordinator for the Dean of the College of Musical Arts at BGSU. As part of her duties in this position, Emma acted as the Director for the BGSU Summer Music Institute Camps.
Emma is an avid traveler. During the summer of 2025 she journeyed to Lefkada, Greece, where she was part of the Lefkas Music Week. While there, she enjoyed participating in and observing daily masterclasses with Donald Marazzo. During both the summers of 2022 and 2023 she had the opportunity to perform in Vienna, under the direction of Wolfgang Reisinger in May of 2022 and with the Vienna Opera Academy in July of 2023.
