Dame Emma Kirkby’s singing career came as a surprise. As a student of Classics at Oxford, she seized any chance to sing, especially Renaissance polyphony. Briefly a teacher of Classics, she was fortunate to meet pioneer groups with expressive voices and period instruments – lutes, baroque wind and strings – that she has loved over the decades. She also had the opportunity to sing in beautiful acoustics. In 2018 she worked in five summer schools in four countries, seeing again these magical inspirations at work with the singers and players who will be tomorrow’s masters. These days, teaching nearly as much as she performs, Emma still enjoys the occasional recital with special colleagues. Four Winds warmly welcomes the return of Dame Emma and Lutenist Jakob Lindberg to Bermagui.