ABOUT

Amber Evans is a vocalist, composer and conductor based in New York. Winner of the inaugural Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Advancement Award for Interpreters of Contemporary Music, she premiered over thirty new vocal works and became well-versed in modern contemporary classic works of the last few decades.

A recent graduate of the contemporary classical Masters at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Lucy Shelton, Ms. Evans is also a featured soloist and chorusmaster on the CD of Poul Ruders’ new opera The Thirteenth Child due to be released in conjunction with the Santa Fe Opera premiere in the summer of 2019 on the Bridge Records label.

““With boundless energy, both on and offstage, she is personality-plus, and a treat to watch and hear. Her voice has a crystalline quality, without strain or stridency.” – NY Concert Review (2019)

Previous summer engagements have included the Cortona Sessions for New Music, Darmstadt Summer Music Festival, Melbourne International Singer’s Festival and the Contemporary Performance Institute as part of Mario Davidovsky’s Composer’s Conference. Upcoming performances for 2019 include joining the Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble for their performance season, presenting a concert of Marta Gentilucci’s works with the Talea Ensemble and Steve Reich’s Tehillim at Manhattan School of Music for the Contemporary Performance Program’s tenth anniversary celebrations.

In addition to her masters in vocal performance, she completed her choral conducting degree at University of Cambridge, and has conducted performances of Australian contemporary choral works in the US, UK and Europe.

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“Yet here [Scartazzini’s “Aura” for voice and percussion], paradoxically, was where Evans’s prowess as a vocalist, in the traditional sense of beauty, finesse, and power, finally was revealed.” – National Sawdust Log (2018)

Originally from Australia, she was composer-in-residence and assistant conductor with The Australian Voices. Two choral compositions premiered by the group have been published published by Edition Peters and recorded under the Warner Classics label. While her compositions have focused exclusively on choral works, she has begun expanding her interest beyond the voice. Upcoming commissions for 2019 include a work for the Australian Flute Festival held in July each year and a new work for the C4 Vocal Ensemble for their 2020 performance season.