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Dr Emily Doolittle is a Canadian composer., zoomusicologist and Athenaeum Research Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Emily Doolittle’s music has been described as “eloquent and effective” (The WholeNote), “masterful”(Musical Toronto), and “the piece that grabbed me by the heart” (The WholeNote). Recent activities include the premiere ofReedbirdby the Vancouver Symphony, performances of her chamber operaJan Tait and the Bearby Ensemble Thing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, the commission and premiere ofWoodwingsby the Fifth Wind Quintet in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of their Forecasting the Canadian Wind project, and the release of her CD all spring, performed by the Seattle Chamber Players and friends,on the Composers Concordance label. She is also active in interdisciplinary research on the relationship between animal songs and human music, and has co-authored scientific papers on the songs of the hermit thrush and the musician wren.
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