Born into a musical family Canadian jazz star Emilie-Claire Barlow always seemed
destined for the stage. Her father is jazz drummer Brian Barlow and her mother
Judy Tate was a singer and composer, her uncle Richard Homme was a jazz bassist
and her grandparents were also professional entertainers. Owing to this, she
grew up in Toronto in the 1970s, quickly becoming accomplished on a variety of
instruments - piano, violin, clarinet and cello included - at a young age.
By the time she was seven she was appearing on radio and TV singing on
commercials and was also drawn to musical...