Emily Smith
Emily Smith was born in Thornhill, Scotland on March 25th, 1981 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 43, Emily Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Emily Smith (born 25 May 1981) is a Scottish folk singer from Dumfries and Galloway.
She went to school at Wallace Hall Academy and obtained a degree in Scottish music from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Jamie McClennan, a New Zealand-born fiddle player and guitarist, is married to her partner.
Early life
Emily's childhood was spent dancing to music rather than performing it in her mother's dance class. She grew up believing that everyone knew how to do a highland fling, and weekends were spent dancing at ceilidhs rather than nightclubs. She began playing piano, grew into snare drums in the local pipe band, and then discovered a passion for piano accordion, where she became the National Mod champion at the age of eighteen. Emily didn't discover her singing voice until she was in her late teens, when she was singing solo with the school choir. She moved to Glasgow in 1999 and earned a Honours degree in Scottish Music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She also studied accordion and piano as part of her main Scots Song research.
Awards
- BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award (2002)
- Scots Trad Music Awards: Scots Singer of the Year (2008)