Emmanuel started the Oboe on his eighth birthday and has never looked back. He has served as Principal Oboist of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and is a Casual Oboist of the Tasmanian and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. An alumnus of ANAM and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and former Principal Oboist of the Australian Youth Orchestra, he has performed internationally in many of the world's most prestigious concert halls with some of the world’s leading soloists and conductors. Among his wide repertoire, Emmanuel has particular expertise in the music of J.S. Bach, having publicly performed all but two of his approximately two hundred Cantatas.