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Emily Whitaker

Emily Whitaker

She/Her

Emily Whitaker

She/Her

Biography

Emily Whitaker is a music director and pianist from upstate New York. Recent credits include: Monsoon Wedding (music director, world premiere at the 2022 World Cup), Trading Places (associate music director, Alliance Theatre), Mean Girls National Tour (music director), The Visitor at the Public Theater (associate music director), Merrily We Roll Along at Roundabout Theater Company (associate music director/conductor/pianist), The Band's Visit on Broadway and with the Atlantic Theater Company, Into the Woods at Princeton University, and The Hello Girls with Prospect Theater Company. Emily also subbed on Tootsie on Broadway (Keys 1) and The Band's Visit on Broadway (Keys 2). Emily has also been a proud teaching artist at Princeton University and McCarter Theater Center. B.A. Princeton University; M.A. in Musicology: Columbia University.

Professional Experience

  • Broadway
  • Off Broadway
  • Regional
  • Concerts/Cabaret
  • Education

Regions

  • NYC/Tri-State Area

Interested in touring?

  • Yes

Maestra Expertise

  • Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
  • Music Director/Conductor (Baton)
  • Vocal Arranger
  • Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
  • Music Copyist
  • Music Transcriber
  • Audition Pianist
  • Classroom Music Teacher
  • Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
  • Rehearsal Pianist

Primary Instruments

  • Piano
  • Synthesizer

Software

  • Finale
  • Logic
  • MainStage
  • Sibelius

Affiliations

  • THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)