On 9^th December, Emma will sing “A Poem Against War” by Harrie Janssen (1960-) during the HRFSTWND concert series with Het Fanfare Collectif. “A Poem Against War” is a beautiful piece for mezzo and windband. The poem, by New York poet Karen Karpowich, is the reflections of a person seeing a war memorial and realising the futility of war and the tragedy that the soldiers are forgotten.

The concert is in the Schaffelaartheater in Barneveld, the Netherlands, beginning at 20:00. Tickets are available here, and there is more information (in Dutch) here.

On 25th November, Emma will join soprano Marjon Strijk and bass Hans Brons to sing a programme of Buxtehude, together with a baroque ensemble under conductor Henk Gijzen. The ensemble will perform two Mozart sonatas.

  Kommst du, kommst du, Licht der Heiden, BuxWV 66

  Sonate in B, KV 212

  Nichts soll uns scheiden von der liebe Gottes, BuxWV 77

  Sonate in F, KV 244

  Jesu, meine freude, BuxWV60

16:00, Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden, the Netherlands. Free entrance, with a collection for the church.

This year, Emma will join the West Yorkshire Police Band and other bands to sing in remembrance ceremonies across Flanders, Belgium. She will sing during the Canadian ceremonies in Passchendaele, the French ceremony at Messines Ridge, the ceremony for New Zealand Soldier in Messines Square and at the New Zealand Memorial in Messines, at Black Watch Corner for Scottish remembrance, and at the afternoon ceremony in Tyne Cot in the presence of the ambassadors of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In the evening, she will sing in the Menin Gate during the Last Post Ceremony.

This year marks the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele, a battle whose death toll exceeded half a million. On 10^th November, the eve of the armistice ninety-nine years ago, a memorial service will be held in the town of Passchendaele followed by a concert. Emma will sing with the Canadian Army Band Musique Royal 22ème Régiment, together with folksinger Alan Brydon, The Swigshift, Harmonie St. Cecelia Beselare, and Field Marshal Haig’s Own Pipes & Drums, in the presence of the Canadian Ambassador to Belgium Olivier Nicoloff, the Belgian Minister of Defense, and other representatives.

Tickets are available via the following e-mail address: gps1917vzw@gmail.com, and can be purchased in the shop of the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917