Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress. She has released several albums on her label, Empress Music Group, and has voiced characters for animated television series. She sings in English, French, and Portuguese.
Barlow's first album, Sings, was released in 1998. She has received seven nominations for Canada's Juno Awards with her album Seule ce soir winning for best Jazz Vocal Recording in 2013 and Clear Day winning the same award in 2016. Seule ce soir also won Album of the Year - Jazz Interpretation at the 2013 ADISQ Awards.
Barlow was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards. She has named as influences Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Stevie Wonder.
The characters she has voiced for animated television series include Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon, Courtney in Total Drama, Chrissy in 6teen, Mrs. Ridgemount in Stoked, Bunny in Almost Naked Animals, Theresa Falcone (MacDougall) in Fugget About It, and Ellody and Laurie in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race.
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Biography
Born in Toronto to parents who were professional musicians, Barlow grew up in recording studios and by age seven had begun a career singing television and radio commercials.
She was encouraged by her parents to sing and study several instruments including piano, cello, clarinet and violin. Barlow studied voice at the Etobicoke School of Arts and music theory and arranging at Humber College.
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Family
Barlow's grandfathers were ventriloquist Cy Leonard and actor Bob Homme. Her father is award-winning jazz drummer Brian Barlow (aka Brian Leonard). Her mother, Judy Tate, is a composer, arranger and singer. Her uncle was Richard Homme, a Canadian jazz bassist who died 6 May 2011.
Discography
- Sings (Rhythm Tracks, 1998)
- Tribute (Rhythm Tracks, 2001)
- Happy Feet (Rhythm Tracks, 2003)
- Like a Lover (Empress, 2005)
- Winter Wonderland (Empress, 2006)
- The Very Thought of You (Empress, 2007)
- Haven't We Met? (Empress, 2009)
- The Beat Goes On (Empress, 2010)
- Seule ce soir (Empress, 2012)
- Live in Tokyo (Empress, 2014)
- Clear Day (Empress, 2015)
- Lumières d'hiver (Empress, 2017)
As guest
- A Thousand Nights, Melanie Doane (2008)
- Sophisticated Ladies, Peter Appleyard (Linus, 2012)
- My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook, Matt Dusk (Koch, 2013)
- Carousel, Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver (Convergence, 2014)
- Just Passing Through: The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol. 2 (Alma, 2014)
Awards
Filmography
Movies
TV
References
External links
- Official website
- Emilie-Claire Barlow on IMDb
- Emilie-Claire Barlow at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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