Emily began playing the Cornet at the age of three before switching to the Tenor Horn at the age of seven. She played in her family band in Cornwall, the Lanner and District Silver Band, before moving to Cardiff to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music to be taught by Owen Farr. Emily was a member of both the National Children’s Brass Band and the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, becoming Principal Tenor Horn in both of the bands. Whilst at RWCMD, Emily won the Harry Mortimer Award at the British Open Championships and also the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble competition and the McGrenery Chamber Prize as a part of a quartet.

Since graduating from college, Emily has travelled with the Orchestra Revolutionnaire to London, New York and Paris to play a saxhorn as a part of their Berlioz tour. Emily joined the Flowers Band in 2017, after being with the Tongwynlais Temperance Band in Cardiff for three years. With the Flowers Band Emily has performed at all of the Major U.K. Contests and won several awards during this time. These include the Best Horn at BiC 2018, Best Instrumentalist at Butlin’s 2020, and Best Soloist at BiC 2023, becoming only the second tenor horn player to achieve this in the history of the contest.

Emily is an experienced Horn Tutor, having tutored on the North American Brass Band Summer School for several years, and tutoring on the National Youth Bands of Wales and Switzerland in 2024.