EMMA ASHCROFT Emma Ashcroft is 36 and has been involved with Ashcroft Management Talent Agency (formerly Sharron Ashcroft Management) since 1997. A pianist from 3 years old, she is competent in numerous instruments (including oboe and voice), studying only several to a higher level (including piano, 'cello and percussion).   A member of both Calderdale Youth Symphony Orchestra and Calderdale Youth Orchestra, the latter with which she competed nationally at 15 as the soloist in the little-known piano concerto, 'Lizzie's Pictures'. The following year the orchestra also won the Outstanding Performance award at the National Youth Festival. She has a degree in Contemporary Musics (Performance, Composition, Technology, Dance)from Leeds University's Bretton Hall. Studying in 1994-7, luminaries of the day included: the composer, performer and animateur Barry Russell (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holland Symfonia); the composer and musicologist Leigh Landy ('Organised Sound' editor, Dutch National Theatre, 'What's the matter with today's experimental music?'); and Odilon Marcenaro (Ideefix Experimental Sound Theatre, Cornelius Cardew Ensemble, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama). Post-uni , she was part of the short-lived group 'Finkle' (now defunct). Previously a qualified exercise instructor too, Emma was one of the first 'Kick Aerobics' instructors in the country. She is also a qualified and experienced music teacher as well as a qualified and experienced web developer. Emma became a mother in 2006, the Director of Sharron Ashcroft Management in 2007 and the Company Secretary of Satellite of Love Records in 2008. In 2011 she started the brand, Collective Elements: Collective Artists, Collective Extremists and Collective Voices, as well as Image Impossible with award-winning Lighting Cameraman Ian Burton. She has cast numerous corporate videos for HBOS plc. More recently she cast a development workshop for the Lakeside Arts Centre/Engine House co-production of 'Red Riding Hood' for Mike Kenny (Writer) and Matt Aston (Director). Voluntary work/associations include: Children's Storytelling, Luddenden Conservation Society, the Parents Teachers & Friends Association and the Ganden Buddhist Centre. Emma has a genuine interest in all the arts.