Dr. Emily Doveala is a cellist and music educator who is passionate about creating meaningful musical experiences for both audiences and music students. Emily began playing the cello at age nine and later started her formal musical training at Mannes Prep, studying with Dorothy Lawson of the ETHEL Quartet. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Music at Ithaca College, studying with Elizabeth Simkin and Heidi Hoffman, and her Master’s Degree from Stony Brook University, studying with Colin Carr. In 2022, Emily completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland, studying with Dr. Eric Kutz.

Currently, Emily is an active freelance musician and cello teacher in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to teaching private lessons, Emily teaches at the Mclean School, the International School of Music, and is an adjunct faculty member at College of Southern Maryland. Emily is involved in several chamber music projects, performing around the DC Metro area at salon concerts, faculty recitals, social clubs, and more. As an orchestral musician, she has played with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Amadeus Orchestra, PanAmerican Symphony Orchestra, Great Falls Philharmonic, American Festival Pops Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony, Annapolis Opera Company, Binghamton Philharmonic, Washington City Choir, and Baltimore Choral Arts Society. In a 2021 recital project on the music of jazz-classical composer Nikolai Kapustin, Emily performed with pianist Ria Yang for both the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Balcony Bar at Home series and for a recital at the Baltimore venue An Die Musik LIVE. Emily also had the opportunity to join the spring 2019 tour of the cutting-edge group Cordis, playing five-string electric cello. She has had the privilege of performing in famous venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Barnes at Wolf Trap, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, the Mozarteum Great Hall in Salzburg, and National Sawdust in Brooklyn.