Dr. Emily Doveala is a dedicated music educator and cellist who is passionate about curating meaningful musical experiences for students and audiences alike. In the 2023-2024 season, Emily is active with several chamber music groups, performing around the DC Metro area at salon concerts, faculty recitals, social clubs, and more. 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.

As an orchestral musician, Dr. Doveala has played with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony, PanAmerican Symphony Orchestra, American Festival Pops Orchestra, Annapolis Opera Company, Binghamton Philharmonic, Washington City Choir, and Baltimore Choral Arts Society. She has participated in the National Orchestral Institute, Domaine Forget International Music Academy, The Silk Road Ensemble Workshop, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, New Directions Cello Festival, and the Garth Newel Emerging Artist Fellowship. 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. 

Dr. Doveala began studying the cello at age nine. She 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 music educator 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.