Emilie Rose is a fiddle player from Northern California with a deep love for the instrument and its roots. She began playing at the age of nine and has since explored the fiddle across many traditions, finding her musical home somewhere between Celtic and Old time styles.

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She grew up attending Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp, where she developed a studious and lifelong devotion to folk music from around the globe. This early immersion shaped both her musical voice and her approach to learning— grounded, curious, and deeply connected to tradition.

Emilie later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where she honed her craft and stepped fully into professional musicianship. She graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Performance and a minor in American Roots Music, studying with master musicians including Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, and Natalie Haas.

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After returning to Northern California, Emilie joined forces with Paige Anderson to form the duo Two Runner. Over five years of near-constant touring, the band performed nationally and internationally, earning wide recognition within the American folk music world. Two Runner toured with artists such as Watchhouse, Nick Shoulders, and Charlie Parr, among many others.

In 2025, Emilie stepped away from life on the road and returned to her roots, settling in Nevada City, CA. There, she has refocused her energy on community, teaching, and local music-making—bringing her magic back to the foothills that shaped her.

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Today, Emilie teaches a wide range of music lessons in her hometown and produces wildly popular square dances as a tribute to her love of folk music, dance, and intergenerational learning. She offers fiddle, guitar, ukulele, and beginning music theory lessons to students of all ages, carrying traditional music forward while nurturing the next generation of musicians in the mountain community she calls home.