Artistic Director
Emma is a freelance musician, educator and workshop leader. She is passionate about the importance of music education, especially singing, and wants to improve access to quality music education for all children. As well as her role as the Artistic Director of Warwickshire Youth Choirs, Emma is very proud to be the Senior Programme Manager and one the founders of Apollo, a charity which improves mental health and wellbeing through music and the arts. Apollo run performance-based, participatory music projects and bespoke training programmes in partnership with organisations such as Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the NHS. Emma is also a conductor, teacher and repetiteur for a number of organisations and has a wealth of experience in SEND music workshops. She is an accomplished pianist and is a busy chamber musician, playing concerts and raising money for charity. Emma studied music at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where she was also a Senior Choral Exhibitioner.
Carolina is a pianist by night and by day an AV technician specialising in sound.
Although she has played the piano for her own enjoyment for many years, she took the leap into choir accompaniment in 2024 with the University of Warwick’s Staff Choir and is now also a repetiteur and professional pianist. With her knowledge of backstage theatre and professional events, for example working with Leamington Music, Carolina has developed a broad understanding of the operational side of the music industry, which she wishes to put into practice with Warwickshire Youth Choirs. Carolina is thrilled to expand her repertoire at every chance she is given and her experience in numerous local jazz bands and amateur productions has given her a broad range of useful musicianship skills that she is keen on sharing with young musicians.
