soprano • conductor • accompanist
A Festival of Lessons and Carols with Eucharist for Christmas Eve.
Emma Cowell, organist and choirmaster
December 16, 2025, marks 250 years since the birth of beloved novelist Jane Austen. The Salon Series will celebrate with a salon concert recreating a Regency-era evening of home music-making.
A service of Lessons and Carols with Eucharist, for the season of Advent and Gaudete Sunday, led by the Ascension Parish Choir.
Emma Cowell, organist & choirmaster
The Mary’s Woods Singers present their holiday choral concert.
Emma Cowell, Music Director.
A Winter Wonderland with Cantores in Ecclesia
Cantores’ annual Winter Wonderland Fundraiser returns! Join us for a festive evening to celebrate the season while supporting Cantores.
Emma Cowell sings as a chorister with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Cantores in Ecclesia sings a service of Advent Lessons and Carols at the Anglican Parish of St. Mark. Music by Marlow, Pärt, Gibbons, Vaughan Williams, Byrd, and more.
Emma Cowell sings as a chorister with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Opera on Tap appears at the McMenamins Kennedy School with roaming opera singers performing arias for your delectation.
Bethany Schweitzer Goshorn, soprano
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano
Annika Bell, mezzo soprano
Rite I Choral Evensong for the Feast of All Saints
Healey Willan: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Tones VIII and III
Plainsong Responses
Henry Walford Davies: “Blest are the Pure in Heart”
Charles Villiers Stanford: “For All the Saints”
The Ascension Choir
Emma Cowell, Director & Organist
Organist Hannah Brewer presents a recital of haunting organ works for Halloween, interspersed with spooky poetry readings.
Emma Cowell is delighted to appear as guest soprano soloist to perform two classical pieces perfect for Halloween:
Bess of Bedlam Z. 130 | Music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | Poet Unknown
“The Spirit’s Song” from English Canzonets | Music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) | Poem by Anne Hunter (1741-1821)
A Recital of Songs by Hispanic composers, performed Willamette University music faculty.
Hannah Penn, mezzo soprano
Esteban Zùñiga-Calderon, tenor
Emma Cowell, soprano
Crystal Zimmerman, piano
Music by Maria Malibran-Garcìa, Isabella Colbran, and more.
Rogers Hall, Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center, Willamette University
Free admission.
Cantores presents some of Josquin's most celebrated works—the monumental Missa Pange lingua, the stunning Preater rerum, and a selection of intimate secular chansons. Dr. Kerry McCarthy will intersperse insightful commentary throughout the program to illuminate the genius of Josquin’s music. A reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres will follow the concert.
HOLY ROSARY AQUINAS HALL
340 NE Clackamas St, Portland, OR
4pm Sunday, September 21
Emma Cowell is a chorister with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Emma Cowell served as chorus repetiteteur for this production.
Mark Williams, Artistic Director
Blake Applegate, Festival Director
Cantores in Ecclesia, Festival Choir
The 26th Annual William Byrd Festival features liturgical services, concerts, and lectures celebrating the music and legacy of Renaissance English composer William Byrd.
Learn more and view the full Festival schedule.
Emma Cowell is a soprano chorister with Cantores in Ecclesia.
The German Summer School of the Pacific presents an adaptation of Mozart & Schickaneder’s The Magic Flute.
Directed by Dr. Rebecca Stewart-Gray and Glen Gray
Emma Cowell, accompanist & Third Lady
Chorus in Bizet’s Carmen with Opera in the Park Portland, directed by Nicholas Fox.
Free admission.
Emma Cowell, soprano, appears with Opera on Tap PDX at the Cathedral Park Performing Arts Collective’s Porch Concert Series. Join us for operatic favorites in a fun, informal, and free performance!
Opera on Tap perform live opera arias at Wonderwood Springs’ free, family-friendly July 12 Medieval Market! Featured singers include Emma Cowell and Jocelyn Claire Thomas, sopranos.
This June, Cantores in Ecclesia travels to Krakow, Budapest and Prague for a tour of concerts and liturgical music. Highlights include performances at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and Holy Trinity Church in Krakow. Repertoire includes Zoltán Kodály’s Missa brevis and Gabriel Rheinberger’s Cantus Missae in E flat, Op. 109, as well as music by Byrd, Palestrina, Bairstow, Cecilia McDowall, and more.
Emma Cowell is a soprano chorister with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: C Major Service, and music by Sir John Stainer, Mélanie Bonis.
Emma Cowell, director and organist
Hannah Penn, contralto & continuo
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano & continuo
A recital of song by Baroque singer and composer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Cantores in Ecclesia presents its annual concert for Palm Sunday. Program will include some of the most moving and expressive music composed for Holy Week, including Robert White's Lamentations of Jeremiah à 5, Carlo Gesualdo's Tenebrae Responsoria, and Francis Poulenc's Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence.
Emma Cowell sings as a choral soprano with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Ping & Woof Opera and the Willamette University Department of Music Present
Lovers & Lieder
A recital of German art songs by married couples
Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Lieder by Alma Mahler
Robert & Clara Schumann: 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling Op. 39.
Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano
Zachary Lenox, baritone
Emma Cowell, piano & lecturer
Hudson Concert Hall at Willamette University
Mezzo soprano Hannah Penn performs a lecture recital of songs by Baroque composer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) with Emma Cowell, harpsichord. Ms. Cowell will also sing a set of Strozzi songs for soprano, accompanied by Dr. Penn.
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano
Virginia Vaalburg, piano
Antonín Dvořák: Biblical Songs, Op. 99
Works by Barber, Beach, Stravinsky, Sullivan, and Johann Strauss.
This recital is open to the public and admission is free.
Ensemble Boulanger presents a lecture-recital of piano music and art songs composed by women for Women’s History Month. The program will include music by Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Cécile Chaminade, and more.
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano and lecturer
Hannah Brewer, piano
Ping & Woof Opera and Villa Catalana Cellars present
An Afternoon of Broadway
Songs from classic shows like The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, South Pacific, The Fantasticks, and more!
Enjoy classic show tunes beautifully sun, while sipping wine and enjoying charcuterie in Villa Catalana’s beautiful conservatory!
Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano
Zachary Lenox, baritone
Emma Cowell, piano
The Willamette University Department of Music presents a concert by faculty and special guests for International Women’s Day. This program of music by women includes works by both contemporary and historical composers. Emma Cowell will sing a set of mélodies by Pauline Viardot in collaboration with pianist Crystal Zimmerman.
Ping & Woof Opera Presents
Lovers & Lieder
A recital of German art songs by married couples
Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Lieder by Alma Mahler
Robert & Clara Schumann: 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling Op. 39.
Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano
Zachary Lenox, baritone
Emma Cowell, piano
Vivian A. Bull Music Center, Delkin 145 - Recital Hall
Linfield University
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The Grace Goudy Distinguished Artist Series welcomes Cantores in Ecclesia to Willamette University. Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Blake Applegate, presents a program of music by Josquin Des Prez, including Josquin’s Missa pange lingua, Gaude Virgo, Praeter Rerum, and more.
Emma Cowell sings as a choral soprano with Cantores in Ecclesia.
Ping & Woof Opera Presents
Lovers & Lieder at Mendelssohn’s
A recital of German art songs by married couples
Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Lieder by Alma Mahler
Robert & Clara Schumann: 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling Op. 39.
Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano
Zachary Lenox, baritone
Emma Cowell, piano
