Emerald is U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion (2004), and graduate of Berklee College of Music (2006) where she majored in Film Scoring, and is currently completing a Masters Thesis in Early Scottish Fiddle Sources through the University of Glasgow after spending a year researching in Scotland.

She brings vigor and energy to ancient melodies while forging new pathways for her own clever compositions. Her performances feature an eclectic mix of fiddle styles, pulling influences from Scotland, Ireland and Appalachia and Scandinavia, all delivered with her unique style and grace. Her comfort on stage and with her audiences make it a truly entertaining experience.

Emerald grew up in a very musical household. Her parents were both professional musicians, so her knowledge of the life of a musician was firmly instilled at a young age; and she was encouraged to sing, dance and play music. After picking up the fiddle at the age of seven, Emerald's insatiable interest in the music of Scotland and Cape Breton landed her in many popular fiddle camps. She was a regular at the Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music in Inverness, Cape Breton; Gaelic Roots at Boston College and Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School.

She studied privately with Barbara McOwen of the popular Scottish Country Dance band Tullochgorum (then the leader of the NH Strathspey and Reel Society) for eight years before beginning her stint at Berklee, where she has studied jazz, classical, blues, klezmer, and of course – film composition, while spending her free time at home feeding her growing interest in American Old-Time and bluegrass. As well as performing frequently as a solo and guest artist, she starting an contemporary Old-Tyme duo "The New Tyme Sisters" with her sister Eden. Over the past year, she's been delving into the 17th and 18th centuries exploring the birth of Scottish Music as we know it today, as well as exploring the contemporary Scottish Music scene. Emerald was also frequently asked to run well-known sessions in Glasgow, perform with the popular ceilidh band Canterach, and formed a duo with Glasgow-based Irish fiddler Christina Smith called "The Tinky Bairns". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.