The Veterans’ Institute in Doorn, the Netherlands, supports and assists Dutch war veterans, functions as a knowledge and research centre for all subjects related to veterans, and works closely with the Dutch Ministry of Defense on issues related to veterans.

Emma is delighted to be returning for a forth year to sing in the Veterans’ Institute’s annual Christmas concert. She will join the Band of Liberation and conductor Simon Dubbelaar for a festive concert.

As well as traditional Christmas repertoire, the programme includes songs from the Second World War to mark next year’s celebrations of seventy-five years of liberation in Europe. There will be some fantastic arrangements by Pipe Major Hans Dubbelaar, as well as Rob Richardson’s setting of the rousing Welsh hymn “Calon Lân,” and Graham Atterbury’s arrangement of “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” which he made especially for Emma for the Hay on Wye First World War centenary commemorations in 2018.

It will be a beautiful mixture of Christmas, nostalgia, and hope, a fitting concert for Dutch veterans who gave so much for us.

Sunday, 15th December, Veterans Institute, Doorn, the Netherlands (by invitation)

On Saturday, 14th December, Emma will join Harmonie Slikkerveer and conductor Jurgen Nab for a Christmas concert. They will perform a range of Christmas music, including traditional British Christmas carols.

The programme begins with “Once in Royal David’s City,” a tribute to King’s College Cambridge and the late Sir Stephen Cleobury. Carols from King’s is a century-old tradition, broadcast on BBC radio and more recently on television. During her studies at Cambridge, Emma attended the recording of the television broadcast in 2003 and remembers fondly dinners with Dr Cleobury and the choir.

In addition, the programme includes well-known English carols such as “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!,” “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful,” as well as the beautiful old Dutch carol “Nu syt welle kome.”

Emma arranged “Ave Maria” – allegedly by Caccini but actually by the Russian composer Vladimir Vavilov – especially for the concert: her first arrangement for Fanfare Orchestra.

There are also compositions and arrangements by Philip Sparke, Harrie Janssen, and from the Salvation Army carol books.

It promises to be a wonderful, festive evening.

For more information (in Dutch), please follow this link.

Saturday, 14th December, Sint Joris Kerk, Ridderkerk, the Netherlands

On 8th December, across the globe, candles will be lit in vigils to remember children, infants, babies, and unborn babies who died too young, and to show solidarity with those who grieve.

Emma will sing during an intimate, inclusive ceremony in her home town, led by Leta Janssen.

Sunday, 8th December, 18:30 (doors open 18:15), Leiden City Hall’s “Burgerzaal,” Leiden, the Netherlands

Free entry: please contact wereldlichtjesdagleiden@gmail.com

Emma is delighted to be joining the West Yorkshire Police Band under conductor Alan Jazwinski and the Castleford Male Voice Choir for a concert in Pontefract, England, for a festive concert on the first weekend of advent. Emma has sung with the West Yorkshire Police Band several times, both in the UK and in Belgium, for example during remembrance weekend at ceremonies in Messines, Tyne Cot, and the Menin Gate. She is delighted to be joining them again for a charity concert in aid of the Prince of Wales Hospice.

Saturday, 30th November, 19:00, St Giles’ Church, Pontefract, England

For tickets, please email hospicedarts@yahoo.co.uk

On 23rd November, Emma will be a guest soloist in Bach’s Cantata 182 and Mozart’s Requiem in the MCO, Hilversum, the Netherlands. She will join soloists soprano Henriette Feith, tenor Arco Mandemake, and bass Donald Bentvelsen, under conductor Nico Philipp Hovius with the Toonkunstkoor, Hilversum, and the Barokorkest Cappella Maria Barbara.

Saturday, 23rd November, 20:00, Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, the Netherlands

For tickets, please follow this link.