Emma lives Glasgow where she plays the viola with some of Scotland's leading orchestras including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. She studied at the RCS for 5 years gaining a BMus in performance and Postgraduate Diploma. 

As a freelance musician she has recorded with bands and artists including Mogwai, King Creosote, Isobel Campbell, Francis Macdonald and Salon Cinema and has gigged with others including Ben Folds, Michael Buble, Belle and Sebastian and Idina Menzel.