Andrew Maginley is a concert soloist and accompanist. Born in New York City, his musical journey began performing at the Juilliard School’s first performances of Baroque opera while studying lute at the Mannes College of Music, where he gained a Masters Degree in Historical Performance Practice. Andrew was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to further study at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany.

Andrew has performed with some of the world’s leading ensembles and orchestras including Freiburger Baroque Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the English Concert, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy and the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.  

Onstage he performed at Glyndeboure Opera in Don Pasquale, Cosi fan Tutte at the Netherlands Opera, and Don Giovanni at Theater Krefeld Germany. In concert and early opera, his performance highlights include Salzburg Music Festival, Göttingen Handel Festspiele, Edinburgh Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Frankfurt, Staatstheater-Stuttgart 1998-2006, New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Liceo Opera Barcelona. 

He has given solo performances at the Bachhaus in Eisenach, where J.S. Bach was born. Andrew performed live on the BBC Breakfast Show with soprano Daniel de Niese, and in a film by author Allie Esiri, ‘A Poem for Every Autumn Day’, with Jamal Westman and Helena Bonham Carter.

His solo recording, 'Andrew Maginley: The Baroque Lute - J.S. Bach, S.L. Weiss & Adam Falckenhagen', has been highly praised by Gramophone magazine. Andrew is co-director of The Frolick with contralto Emma Curtis. 

His special interests are art and music in 17th and 18th-century Europe and the Americas. Andrew has a degree in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts NYC and is also an accomplished portrait artist. 

Award-winning British contralto, Emma Curtis, made her international operatic debut with Staatstheater Stuttgart, and was a member of the solo ensemble. Jacques Lenot wrote for Emma the leading role of L’Ainée in his opera, 'J’étais dans ma maison', which premiered at Opera de Genève. Emma also created the role of Galatée in the world premiere of 'Pastorale' by Gérard Pesson, and gave the world premiere of Philippe Fenenlon’s 'Les Leçons de Ténèbres'. She debuted her ‘tour-de-force’ one-woman show, 'Of Love and Cake', pairing Lee Hoiby’s 'Bon Appétit' with Jean Cocteau’s dramatic monologue for Edith Piaf 'Le bel indifferent', at Bloomsbury Festival.

As a Baroque specialist, Emma has performed internationally in opera and concert, including the title role in Cavalli’s 'Giasone', conducted by Harry Bicket, both the lead role of Bertarido and Eduige in Handel’s 'Rodelinda' (Randall Behr; George Manahan), Irene in Handel’s 'Atalanta' with Nicholas McGegan, and Cleofe in Handel’s 'La Resurrezione', with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert. Emma is lead singer and director of Baroque ensemble, The Frolick. Their highly-acclaimed recording, 'Calliope – volume the first, English Songs of the 1700s' won AllMusic Guide’s Best of Classical Vocal. 

Concert highlights include Vaughan Williams’ 'Serenade to Music' with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the opening night of the BBC Proms, Sibelius’s 'Jokamies' with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Adès, and an “Outstanding” recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Kenneth Woods and the Orchestra of the Swan (International Record Review).

Emma extends her expertise as a performer with her experience as a therapist and teacher, curating and leading multiple public engagement and special events for national museums and galleries.