Emma Horan is an exceptionally high achiever, she knew from an early age that music was the path for her.
She started in musical theatre at the age of 6. Emma’s success has come relatively effortlessly, a testimony to her dedication, charisma and talent.
Emma was discovered at the age of 14, when she decided to start using Facebook as a space to start sharing videos of her covering some of her favourite songs. From there, her videos went viral, some gaining up to one million hits. Some of her videos were shared by the X-Factor star Jake Quickindon which contributed to their viral spread. This quickly got Emma spotted and by the age of 14 she was taken on tour in with another X-Factor star, Janet Devlin, together they toured Northern Ireland, and Emma got her first taste of performing to a mass audience.
Not before long, Emma enrolled onto a government scheme called Generator NI designed, a scheme designed to support artists find their feet. From here, she wrote her first single with Producer Tre Sheppard, that she released at the age of 15, and then another at 17. During this time, she was also spotted by Raz Nitzan, a Dutch songwriter based in Amsterdam. Raz flew Emma over to Amsterdam to write with Emma and record some vocals that were released as on his label, Raz Nitzan Music. Their tracks also aired on A State Of Trance Radio, one of the world’s largest Trance radio stations.
There is more, Emma even played to Prince Harry and Megan at a Peace event in Northern Ireland back in 2017. Emma has big aspirations for her music career. She enrolled onto our MA Commercial Songwriting and Production programme after a trip to London, she took a trip to Tileyard “The place she’d heard so much about”, and came into contact with Tileyard Education, she said from there, she;
“Knew she had to study here”.
We asked Emma what her favourite thing was about studying at Tileyard;
“Everything! This is the right place for me to study music and further my career”.
We asked Emma about her future aspirations, she is looking to focus on her MA and songwriting collaborations this year, and eventually, she’s looking to get signed onto a publishing deal. Emma is also looking to release her own music in the near future, so watch this space.
You can check out Emma’s viral videos here.
