Emma Wilkins from Ellon, Aberdeenshire began playing the flute at the age of ten. She went on to study the flute at the RSAMD with John Grant and Richard Blake and piccolo with Janet Richardson. She graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in music performance and in the same year was awarded the John McGregor Flute Prize for outstanding achievement. She continued to study at the RSAMD and was later awarded a Master of Music in Music Performance. Emma now enjoys a successful freelance career and has recently performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the orchestra of Scottish Opera and The Northern Sinfonia. She has also been recording with the Scottish pop group Texas and features in their forthcoming album out later this year.