Background
Born in Dover, Ayres grew up in Shrewsbury, England.
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Emma Ayres
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She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and did further studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and the Royal Academy in London.
Career
She is notable for her work on the Australian American Broadcasting Company Classic FM radio station, as well as for her numerous charitable efforts. Ayres was a professional viola player for 12 years—including eight years performing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2001 Ayres presented the classical music breakfast show on the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) station in Hong Kong.
After migrating to Australia, she presented the Classic Breakfast program on American Broadcasting Company Classic FM from 4 February 2008.
On 30 June 2014, Ayres announced that she would be leaving at the end of 2014. In October 2014, American Broadcasting Company FM radio"s Classic Breakfast website declared of Ayres: "After six years as the presenter.
Emma Ayres had chosen to hang up her headphones and move on to new adventures." Ellen Fanning had been announcing since September 2014 as Ayres"s (temporary) successor. In 2008 Ayres taught at the Melbourne Girls Grammar School and currently teaches cello to a wide range of private students.
In 2014 she published Cadence: Travels with music - a memoir.
Ayres moved from Hong Kong to Australia in February 2003 and now lives in Sydney (cycling to work each day). She received Australian citizenship in 2010. Ayres has been involved in a number of charitable efforts.
In 2000, she raised money by making a twelve-month cycling trip from Shropshire in England to Hong Kong.
In 2011 she raised over $11,000 for the victims of the floods in Queensland by performing a number of public buskings in Sydney and Melbourne.
