Emma Hopkins DIPABRSM
Emma has over 20 years experience working professionally in the music business. From the tender age of 10 Emma played the lead role in the musical 'Annie' in 2 UK tours going on to work in London's West End playing 'Brat' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Whistle Down The Wind’. An outstanding violinist and pianist, Emma turned her hand to songwriting an has since worked with many top writers including Eliot Kennedy (Take That, Bryan Adams), the Invisible Men (Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea) and Steve Booker (Duffy, John Newman).
In 2015, Emma founded the children's choir, Perfect Pitch, who have achieved much success. They have performed in many high profile projects alongside Gary Barlow, Alfie Boe, Collabro, Kerry Ellis and many more.
2017 was a memorable year for Emma as her choir performed to over 10 million viewers on the Britain’s Got Talent live semi-finals where they sang the well known “Friend Like Me” from the musical Aladdin.
2024 has already kicked off with a bang with an exciting trip to Barcelona for 33 of Emma’s students. They performed as part of the World Mobile Congress with a stunning rendition of Rihanna’s “Diamonds” at the Olympic Stadium.
Emma founded Tilly Studios in 2016. The students have performed an array of shows: Matilda, Annie, Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland to name a few. In 2021 Emma decided to expand their custom built studio by adding their own theatre. This offers regular performance opportunities to all students in a beautiful space.
Emma is a regular session singer at Steelworks Recording Studios in Great Longstone and has recently finished recording all the vocals for Netflix new stage show of Cocomelon which started its worldwide tour in the iconic venue, Maddison Square Gardens, NYC.
Currently Emma is working on a new musical alongside Elliot Kennedy (Finding Neverland Broadway) and Tom Barker (Music Producer).