Emily Worthington, clarinet – England

Emily Worthington was awarded first class Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of York and went on to gain a distinction in her Masters in Advanced Performance at the Royal College of Music. She has studied both modern and historical clarinets with teachers including Timothy Lines, Jane Booth, Barnaby Robson, Alan Hacker and Professor Colin Lawson (in London), and Sjef Douwes (in Den Haag). Since finishing her studies Emily has been performing regularly with various chamber ensembles, and works as a freelance musician with ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort and Players and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie. Her orchestral training includes the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Experience Scheme for Young Players, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, and NJO Orchestra of the Nineteenth Century. Emily has recently given a series of concerts in the Muziekzomer Gelderland, performing Mozart’s quintet K. 452 with Richard Egarr. Exciting upcoming projects include a debut concert at the National Centre for Early Music in York, and performances of the Beethoven Septet Op. 20 in Vienna with Kammerensemble von Symphonie Fantastique. Since 2007 Emily has held the position of Junior Fellow in Performance Documentation in the RCM’s Centre for Performance History, where she works with the College’s iconographical and research collections. Her research interests include early twentieth-century orchestral performance practice, historical recordings, obbligato song repertoire and clarinet organology. In October 2008 she began her doctoral research at the University of York, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Music Preserved.