Emma Close

I am so grateful to be accepted on to the LSO Conservatoire Scholarship programme, this opportunity allows me to continue my studies without the financial barriers that would be there otherwise. I look forward to learning and developing more through the help of this scholarship.

Emma is beginning studying a Master’s degree at the Royal College of Music in London. Emma was a former ABRSM scholarship holder at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she did her undergraduate degree and studied under Simon Johnson, Dávur Juul Magnussen and Cillian Ó Ceallacháin.

During her studies at the RCS Emma won the Governors Brass Recital Prize, the Scottish Symphony Club Orchestral Prize, and was awarded the John Logan Brass Prize as well as the Blair Brass prize. In 2024 Emma won the David James Brass Prize with trombone quartet Inslide Out  performing around Scotland and the North of England with this ensemble. Emma has also been a participant of the Royal Opera House Scheme in 2023-2024 and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Orchestral Scheme. 

Emma has completed professional work with the BBC SSO, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Northern Ballet and London Symphony Orchestra. Emma was recently awarded a Countess of Munster Scholarship and a Help Musician scholarship to help fund studies at the Royal College of Music, in addition to being an LSO Conservatoire Scholar.