Emily Doolittle (b. 1972) is a Canadian composer, born in Nova Scotia and living in Montreal since 2003. She has written for such ensembles as Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the Motion Ensemble and Meduse, and such soloists as 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. She was educated at Dalhousie University (BMus 1995), the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague (Eerste Fase, 1998), Indiana University (MMus, 1999) and Princeton (PhD, 2007). Her doctoral dissertation was on the relationship between bird and other animal songs and human music. Other interests include the traditional music of various cultures, community music-making, and music as a vehicle for social change.
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