Emily Bate is a composer, singer, songleader and performance maker. She works in theater, choral music, and social practice, with a particular interest in participatory singing experiences and performances driven by music.
Recent work includes Wig Wag, a hybrid music-theater piece performed by a cast of four in collaboration with the entire audience, which premiered at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 2023; and collaborations with Pig Iron Theatre Company, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, and Patrick Costello. Bate was a 2021 Pew Fellow, and a 2022 ArtWorks Fellow.
While at MacDowell, Bate worked on the beginning of a new interdisciplinary performance piece, Homo Economicus. In residence, she created new vocal pieces, lecture, and character-driven monologue, and worked extensively with Lewis Hyde's book The Gift.
Portrait by Ryan Collerd
