Hailed as a “sleek and glistening vocal talent” (San Francisco Chronicle), soprano Emily Yocum Black brings technical bravura, versatility, and innate storytelling to the concert stage. She has enjoyed a musically diverse career that includes performances with symphonic orchestras, early music and chamber groups, solo recitals, opera and musical theatre, and as a choral artist. She is a three-time GRAMMY award nominee for the albums advena: liturgies for a broken world (Conspirare, 2025), House of Belonging (Conspirare, 2024) and Benedict Sheehan’s Vespers (Saint Tikhon Choir, 2022). A resident of her hometown Paducah, KY, Emily is an avid voice teacher, owning and operating Atomic City Voice Studio, teaching private voice at the Paducah Symphony Orchestra Academy and Paducah Tilghman High School, and music-directing youth theatre programs at the Market House Theatre. Emily is also a soprano and co-founder of the Paducah Singers, a chamber choral ensemble based in Paducah. She attended the University of Louisville, earning a B.M. and M.M. in Vocal Performance. When not traveling, Emily adores spending precious time with her partner, Fowler, and their young son Quincy.
