Emily Doolittle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Composition

edoolittle@cornish.edu

Composer Emily Doolittle was born in Nova Scotia in 1972 and educated at Dalhousie University (B.M., 1995), the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague (Eerste Fase, 1998), Indiana University (M.M., 1999) and Princeton (Ph.D., 2007). She has written for Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the Motion Ensemble and Meduse, and soloists including sopranos Janice Jackson, Patricia Green and Helen Pridmore, pianists Rachel Iwaasa and Ruth Rose, viola d’amorist Thomas Georgi and viola da gambist Karin Preslmayr. Her doctoral research was on the relationship between bird and other animal songs and human music, a field in which she continues to be active. Other interests include the traditional music of various cultures, community music–making, and music as a vehicle for social change. Further information on Doolittle’s music can be found on her website.