Emily Askew; fiddle, backing vocals, cello
Emily
Askew is an extremely versatile musician playing fiddle, recorders, vielle
(medieval fiddle), bagpipes and shawm.
Her interests are wide and varied reaching from the deep roots of folk music through to Medieval, Baroque and contemporary repertoire.
Folk music has always been a big part of Emily’s life starting from the days she joined the Hobby Horse Club at the grand age of 3! This involved lots of dancing, and singing about things like pigs and socks! At the age of 15 she decided to teach herself the fiddle and it is now her main instrument in the duo.
Emily studied early music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and graduated with a first class honours BMus. She also received the Dove Memorial Prize for the highest BMUS mark in her year.
In addition to her duo with Hazel, Emily also performs with a range of early music ensembles. These include Baroque ensemble Prince and Pauper Consort, Medieval group The Artisans and recorder trio Meridian. All ensembles perform regularly and last year three of her groups were accepted into Brighton Festival's Early Music Live scheme.
2010 is set to be her busiest yet with performances in Glyndebourne's 2010 Poppea project, Shakespeare’s Globe production of Macbeth and Brighton Early Music Festival's world première of a specially commissioned work by Orlando Gough.