Emma Tagliabue was born in Toronto, Canada, and has always dreamed of singing on stage. At only 11 years old, she has held the title roles in two musicals already and has numerous first place awards across many competitions. Her first appearance on stage was as Greta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at age 5 and then in the same year as a Salon Girl in In the Heights, both full productions live at the Vaughan City Playhouse.
In 2022, Emma performed as Peter Pan in Peter Pan and Annie in Annie in fully staged productions at the Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre. She has also performed as the Sea Horse in a full stage production of The Little Mermaid at the Bolton City Performing Arts Centre, and as the Narrator in Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat. In June 2023, Emma appears as Isabela Madrigal in the fully staged production of Encanto at Vaughan City Playhouse.
Emma studies singing, guitar, piano and dance, and has performed in all of those disciplines. Recently, Emma has received first place awards and trophies for her singing performances at Take the Stage Music Festival, North York Music Festival and Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival and heads to OMFA’s Provincial Music Festival Competition in Niagara in June. In May 2023, Emma received first place awards at the Star Catchers Dance Competition, and at The Luv2Dance Competition, where she also received 2nd Place Overall Performer and a Most Valuable Competitor Award, awarded for the highest scoring soloist.