Background
KIRKBY, Emma was born on February 26, 1949 in Camberley, Surrey. Daughter of Captain Geoffrey Kirkby and Beatrice Daphne Kirkby.
KIRKBY, Emma was born on February 26, 1949 in Camberley, Surrey. Daughter of Captain Geoffrey Kirkby and Beatrice Daphne Kirkby.
Sherborne School for Girls and Somerville College, Oxford and private singing lessons with Jessica Cash.
Complete songs of John Dowland 1976-1977, Messiah (Handel), Gloria (Vivaldi), English Madrigals by Wilbye, Morley, John Ward and Italian Madrigals by Monteverdi, d’lndia and Scarlatti, Vespers (Monteverdi) 1983, Exsultate Jubilate (Mozart) 1984, Mass in B minor (Bach) 1984, Italian Arias (Handel) 1985, Monteverdi duets (with Evelyn Tubb), Arne songs, Vivaldi and Handel 1987, Songs by John Blow (with David Thomas) 1987, Monteverdi Madrigals 1989, Dowland Songs (with Anthony Rooley) 1989.Professional singing 1975. Since mid- 1970s involved in revival of performances with period instruments and the attempt to recreate the sounds the composers would have heard. Works as freelance, particularly with Consort of Musicke (director Anthony Rooley), Taverner Players (director Andrew Parrott) and Academy, of Ancient Music (director Christopher Hogwood).
Honorary Doctor of Letters (Salford) 1985.