As Assistant Director of Research, Emily coordinates scheduling, manages databases and leads NADIA’s Executive Writing Team. Emily is also the Founder of The Mosaic, NADIA’s flagship publication.
Emily Singleton (she/they)
Assistant Director of Research
Emily Singleton (b. 2002) is a Florida-based violist, composer, and writer. Emily’s recent work explores intersections in poetry, linguistics, visual art, and music centering breath, gesture, and interaction of physical material. Her music has been described as “lovely and intense,” “extremely colorful,” and “incredibly precise” while “thinking outside the box.”
Emily has been commissioned by Camerata String Ensemble and has had her music presented at ShapeShifter Lab, University of Florida, Interlochen Center for the Arts, University of Georgia, Curtis Summerfest, Historic Thomas Center, SUNY at Fredonia, St. Augustine Music Festival, Young Women Composers Camp, and Petaluma Center for the Arts. She has collaborated with artists and ensembles such as flutist Mimi Stillman, Face the Music, mezzo-soprano Elisa Sutherland, Gainesville Civic Chorus, Dolce Suono Ensemble, Alachua County Youth Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, and World Youth Wind Symphony, as well as been featured by organizations and projects such as New Music Decanted, Para el Pueblo Project, and Fredonia New Music Reading Gathering.
Emily’s work has been recognized by the National Federation of Music Clubs, Florida State Music Teachers Association, Sacred Music Florida, Foundation for the Promotion of Music, Technology In Music Education Foundation, Music Teachers National Association, Music at the Anthology, ASCAP, Luna Lab, and NextNotes. She has also received grants from the Ashley Willwerth Memorial Scholarship Foundation, BRASS Ring Karen B. Boling and Colin Kiely Memorial Scholarship, and New Music USA’s New Music Solidarity Fund. As a 2019 William and Martha Paine Orchestral Scholar and member of the Tomari Quartet she recorded Erwin Schulhoff’s 5 Pieces for String Quartet at IPR in summer 2019. In 2021, she participated in Sō Percussion’s Collaborative Workshop and will join NYO-USA as an apprentice composer in the summer.
Emily studies with Paul Richards, Daniel Felsenfeld, Jorge Peña, and Stephen Fine, and has studied creative writing as a dual enrollment student at University of Florida.