Mary is passionate about making music accessible to everyone, regardless of background or ability. She was nominated as BBC’s 2015 Unsung Music Hero in Scotland for her work with Deaf children. Mary has taught music to Deaf children in Gourock for the last 14 years and hopes to continue this important work her vision is to expand it to include Deaf accessible music workshops for young people and adults in other areas. She is fluent in BSL and relies on lip-reading to understand speech. Mary has personal experience in relearning to understand music since losing her hearing when she was 36 due to Meningitis and Meniere's disease.

She also studied voice and guitar at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Mary Bell trained in illustration and design at Glasgow School of Art and then gained a PGCE in secondary and primary education at Jordanhill, University of Strathclyde. “Music has the power to unlock, to reawaken, to begin the conversation.” Emily likes to spend as much of her free time as possible outdoors, walking, running, and cycling around Scotland, often with her dog Isla in tow. Through delivering sessions and running HMM, Emily has developed a strong passion for nurturing ‘hidden’ talents in individuals and is delighted when participants demonstrate remarkable musical abilities that she can only dream of! She is a charity trustee on the board of the Glad Foundation and an active member of Sound Sense. This led her to complete her MSc Music in the Community at Edinburgh University in 2009 and subsequently set up HMM. She is a violinist with a long-term fascination and passion about the use of music within the community as a vehicle for all sorts of magic to happen, particularly for people with complex needs and/or autism.

Emily co-founded Hear My Music in 2010 based on the belief that music is a powerful communicative tool that can change lives.

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