Emily Doolittle
Creator
Canadian-born, Glasgow-based composer and researcher Emily Doolittle’s music has been described as “masterful” (Musical Toronto), “eloquent and effective,” and “the piece that grabbed me by the heart” (The WholeNote). Recent activities include the premiere of Reedbird, commissioned and performed by the Vancouver Symphony (2019), performances of her chamber opera Jan Tait and the Bear by Ensemble Thing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Made in Scotland Showcase (2018), and the premiere of Bowheads, commissioned by Chamber Music Scotland for the Kapten Trio (2019), and the covid-friendly online premiere of The Wren-King, by Madrigirls (2020). Her academic research focuses primarily on zoomusicology, and on the intersection of gender, parenting, and creativity. She is an Athenaeum Research Fellow and Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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Works
| Title | Year composed | Instrumentation Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Gliese 581c | 2008 | Solo instrument |
| Bowheads | 2019 | Ensemble (no conductor) |
| Gardenscape | 2020 | Solo instrument |
| Gannery | 2021 | Solo instrument |
| new work | 2021 | Solo instrument |
Events
| Date | Title | Venue |
| 3 Nov 2019, 3 p.m. | Kapten Trio | The Barn, Banchory, Scotland, UK |
| 27 Apr 2021, 5 p.m. | Art-Making in the Anthropocene - Concert by Katherine Wren and Nordic Viola | Youtube, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 21 Nov 2021, 4 p.m. | Modern Chants | Online Only, Internet, Scotland, UK |
| 20 Nov 2022, 11 a.m. | Soundwalk with The Bard of the Birds | Online, International, None |
| 21 Nov 2021, 4 p.m. | Modern Chants | Online Only, Internet, Scotland, UK |
| 21 Oct 2022, 1 p.m. | Hebrides Ensemble: RCS@175 Staff Composer Focus | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 20 Nov 2022, 11 a.m. | Soundwalk with The Bard of the Birds | Online, International, None |
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Works
- Expanse, by Erin Thomson
- New works by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland students, by None The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- new work - world premiere, by Aileen Sweeney
Events
- KOS Extra Concert
- opensound: composing for text and working with a librettist with Laura Bowler and Sam Redway
- Cryptic Nights: I've Always Lived Beside Screens // The Invisible Hand
Projects
- Unusual Music Exchange w/ Ailie Ormston
- Elsewhere, Elsewhen - CD and Digital Album from Nordic Viola
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- phoning it in
- Legato: Call for Early-Career Composers
- Echoes - Connections Crafting Eco-systems through Soundscapes Interactions: a participatory Sound-walk experience and Art conversation