Emma Peaurt / soprano
Andrew Dunlop / piano
The Òran Duo was formed for the BrahmsSchumannFest at the Royal Northern College of Music in January 2005. Since then Andrew and Emma have given recitals at
Andrew Dunlop was born in Oban and grew up in the nearby village of Connel before moving to Manchester to take up a place at the Royal Northern College of Music where he gained both his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours and his Master of Music in Performance with Distinction, studying under Mark Ray, Carole Presland and Alexander Melnikov.
At the RNCM Andrew was the recipient of many awards and prizes including the Alfred Clay for highest degree recital mark, the Doris Stark for highest academic marks in addition to scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, The Craxton Memorial Trust, Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarship, Musicians Benevolent Fund and the Doris Strake Prize from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He also took third prize and the Alan Rawsthorne Award in the RNCM Recital Prize and performed both Bartòk's Third Piano Concerto and Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra.
Andrew is currently studying at the Eastman School of Music in the USA, having won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study with Prof. Barry Snyder for his Doctorate in Piano Performance.
Andrew has playing in many venues throughout the country as well as on BBC1, BBC2, Scottish Television and Radio 3. He also recently toured the South Island of New Zealand and has had a paper based on his Master's dissertation presented at the Research in Music Education Conference at Exeter University.
Emma Peaurt was born in Darlington and grew up in North Wales. After reading music at Durham University she completed postgraduate studies at the RNCM. She studies with Pat Hay. A finalist in the AESS English Song Competition 2006 and the Russell Shepherd Memorial Competition 2004 she won the Kate Snape Scholarship 2006 and the Manchester Welsh Society Prize 2004.
Emma has appeared with Opera North at the Leeds Fuse Festival 2006; the RNCM Baroque Ensemble; the RNCM String Ensemble and the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Recently she sang chorus on a Naxos recording of Tom Jones; worked in the chorus of Scottish Opera in their productions of Manon, Two Widows, Falstaff and Lucia di Lammermoor; had coaching with Stephen Mould and Andrew Greene at Opera Australia, Sydney and with Derek Clark at Scottish Opera. She has also taken part in masterclasses with Jane Eaglen and Lynne Dawson. Emma has recently been accepted as an Ad Hoc singer with the BBC Singers.
In recent operatic performances she has been seen as Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) for RNCM/Richmondshire Subscription Concert Series; Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) for St John's Opera Company and Josephine (HMS Pinafore) for St Helens Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
Works she has performed as an oratorio soloist include: Mozart's C minor mass; Handel's Samson; Bach's St John Passion for Leicester Bach Choir; Tippett's 5 Negro Spirituals from A child of our Time at the Bridgewater Hall for the Hallé Choir, Handel's Messiah and Mozart's Requiem. Emma also works with the Baroque trio Consort 1700.Available for all types of event from recitals to after-dinner entertainment, their repertoire encompasses all genres of music including specially commissioned works. For more information or to book the duo for your event please use the contact form on this website.