Presenting the rising stars of early music and historical performance since 2018.
The Emerging Artists Showcase has been presented at early-music festivals in Berkeley, CA, Bloomington, IN, and Boston, MA, and virtually through EMA’s digital platforms. In 2023, the Showcase became a central element of the annual EMA Summit.
2024 Showcase Artists
EMA congratulates the following artists were selected to perform in the 2024 Emerging Artists Showcase.
The Showcase will be presented as the closing concert at 2024 EMA Summit in Cleveland Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30pm in Harkness Chapel, 11200 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland.
Amelia Sie, baroque violin
“Based in New York City, Amelia Sie is a virtuosic and adventurous performer of modern and Baroque violin. She received her B.M. and M.M. degrees in Violin Performance from New England Conservatory and her M.M. degree in Historical Performance from The Juilliard School. Her most recent engagements include a solo recital with GEMS Midtown Concert Series and concerts with Musicians of the Old Post Road and Albany Symphony. Amelia is honored to have been named a Mercury Chamber Orchestra Mercury-Juilliard Fellow for the 2023-24 concert year, as well as a Handel and Haydn Society Stone Fellow for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 concert years.
Duo CPE
The musicians of Duo CPE, Andréa Walker, soprano & Mikhail Grazhdanov, fortepiano are both DMA students in historical performance practice at Case Western Reserve University. While equally versatile in vocal/keyboard repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, Duo CPE has found particular interest in late 18th-century German repertoire. They seek to bring the intimacy and immediacy of Salon culture to modern audiences. Inspired by the sensibility and cultural revolutions of the Age of the Enlightenment, Duo CPE is dedicated to pushing the bounds of historical performance practice beyond Baroque.
Magdalena
Magdalena is a US east coast ensemble with a mission to incorporate early music’s charming soundscapes with rich traditions and share the results with all audiences. Launched in 2022, Magdalena is a self-directed collective of early music specialists, including Liv Castor (harp), Mira Fu-En Huang (voice/percussion), Cole Manel (plucked strings), Niccolo Seligmann (bowed strings/percussion), Sarah Shodja (winds), and Cameron Welke (plucked strings). The ensemble has performed in Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Washington DC, with anticipated performances for Early Music NOW in Wisconsin and the Indianapolis Early Music Festival in Indiana.
Previous Showcase Artists
2023 – EMA Summit, Boston
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay
Maryse Legault
The Fooles
2022 – Berkeley Festival & Exhibition and Virtual
AKOYA
Julia Bengtsson, dance & Rocío López Sánchez, cello
Duo Oriana
Patricía García Gil, fortepiano
Pauline Kempf, baroque violin
Ximenez Quartet
2020 – Virtual
L.A. Camerata
Gili Loftus, fortepiano
Lyracle
Trobár
2019 – Bloomington Early Music Festival
Aperi Animam
Joyce Chen, harpsichord
Vincent Lauzer, recorder
Rezonance Baroque
2018 – Bloomington Early Music Festival
Costanoan Trio
Melisande McNabey, harpsichord
Adriana Ruiz Peña, soprano
Rumore Terribile
Voyage Sonique
Rachell Ellen Wong, baroque violin
2024 Showcase: Cleveland
The 2024 Emerging Artists Showcase will be presented as the closing concert at 2024 EMA Summit in Cleveland, OH. The concert will take place the evening of Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
Three Showcase artists/ensembles will be selected. Each will present segment no longer than 25 minutes during the Showcase concert.
Selected Showcase artists will receive a Showcase grant up to $2,000 to assist with expenses.
All selected Showcase artists will receive free registration for the 2024 EMA Summit and will have access to the presentations, panels, workshops, exhibition, performances, and other networking opportunities as EMA gathers the early-music community together.