Emily Siar, D.M.A., is a soprano and voice teacher based in Cambridge, MA. An active performer of opera, early music, art song, chamber music, contemporary music, musical theater, and cabaret, Emily has performed on the stages of Symphony Hall (Boston), Jordan Hall (Boston), Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kodak Hall (Rochester), The Huntington Theatre (Boston), the Paramount Theatre (Boston), and the Granada Theatre (Santa Barbara), among others. She has recently worked as an artist with Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, North Star Baroque, Calliope's Call, the Henry Purcell Society of Boston, Emmanuel Music, Boston Opera Collaborative, and Mass Opera. In 2024, Emily took first place in the prestigious National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards (NATSAA).

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A pedagogue to watch, Emily serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Associate Director of the conservatory's annual Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop. Additionally, she maintains a thriving private studio in the Boston area, serving professional, pre-professional, and avocational singers. An advocate for the benefit of vocal cross-training, Emily teaches classical, musical theater, and contemporary voice with equal skill and enthusiasm. She has completed Levels I, II, and III of Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method and has attended the New CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. Emily has been invited to offer masterclasses as a visiting guest clinician at New England Conservatory, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Florida Gulf Coast University and is a regular presenter at national voice conferences, including the NATS Winter Workshop and NATS National Conference.

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In addition to cultivating meaningful relationships with her students as a studio voice teacher, Emily is passionate about classroom teaching and research. She teaches graduate and undergraduate vocal pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory. Additionally, her course, “Cabaret and Culture,” developed with the assistance of a Presser graduate research grant in Paris, has been offered at both the Boston Conservatory and New England Conservatory. 

 

Emily is a passionate advocate for voice health and the importance of addressing the enduring stigma of voice impairment in the world of classical singing. Her doctoral research project, “ ‘Rendering Visible’: Investigating Student Attitudes Toward and Experiences of Voice Impairment,” sought to give voice to students who have experienced this phenomenon firsthand, yielding actionable recommendations for educational institutions. She is an advocate for changing conversations about voice health and injury, guiding her students to better understand their voices and how to access voice care. You can find her voice health guide for occupational voice users here.

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Emily holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music (Doctorate of Musical Arts), the Eastman School of Music (Masters of Music), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelors of Music, Kenan Music Scholar, summa cum laude). She is a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and currently serves as Vice President and Director of Membership on the board of NATS Boston, where she also leads the biannual NATS Boston Mentorship Program in her quest to increase access to high quality mentorship in her community.