Emma McMullin
Senior Programming Manager
Emma comes to National Sawdust with a deep love for community-driven new work. After her most recent role as Artistic Director of the Tank NYC, an inclusive Non-Profit Arts Presenter, Emma is thrilled to continue her creative exploration and contribution as Artistic Planning Manager with National Sawdust. Emma is the creator and co-producer of Folkure, a monthly music series built to develop new work in an open environment. She has co-created and produced several ongoing festivals such as Young Gotham Arts Festival, Pride Fest, and the Dark Festival. Emma is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter hailing from the Maritimes on the east coast of Canada. She can’t resist kicking her shoes off, tapping her toes and singing along!
Emma’s favorite events
In Situ: Tanya Tagaq in Nanook of the North
Oct 2, 2015 • 8pm
The award-winning Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, named one of Rolling Stone’s “Artists You Need to Know in 2015,” performs a live score, created with composer Derek Charke, to the 1922 silent film Nanook of the North.
The award-winning Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, named one of Rolling Stone’s “Artists You Need to Know in 2015,” performs a live score, created with composer Derek Charke, to the 1922 silent film Nanook of the North.
Birdheart with Friends
Oct 11, 2015 - 7pmAn intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre and live music, with two cellos, a sheet of brown paper, and a box of sand. A show about transformation, loneliness, and the urge to fly, BIRDHEART holds a hand-mirror up to humanity and offers it a chair. Through a series of animated images built in front of the audiences' eyes BIRDHEART creates something achingly beautiful from the humblest of beginnings. For its world premier at National Sawdust, Crouch and Lane are joined on stage by extraordinary musicians Mark Stewart and Jeffrey Zeigler.
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust's Curator in Residence program. BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust's Curator in Residence program. BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
In Situ: Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers are the acoustic quintet of mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and violinist Gabe Witcher. The Washington Post says, “With enthusiasm and experimentation, Punch Brothers take bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart.” The group’s latest album, The Phosphorescent Blues, was produced by T Bone Burnett and released in January 2015 by Nonesuch Records.
Birdheart with Friends
Oct 14, 2015 - 7pmAn intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre and live music, with two cellos, a sheet of brown paper, and a box of sand. A show about transformation, loneliness, and the urge to fly, BIRDHEART holds a hand-mirror up to humanity and offers it a chair. Through a series of animated images built in front of the audiences' eyes BIRDHEART creates something achingly beautiful from the humblest of beginnings. For its world premier at National Sawdust, Crouch and Lane are joined on stage by extraordinary musicians Mark Stewart and Jeffrey Zeigler.
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust's Curator in Residence program. BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust's Curator in Residence program. BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
Birdheart with Friends
Oct 8, 2015 - 7pmAn intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre and live music, with two cellos, a sheet of brown paper, and a box of sand. A show about transformation, loneliness, and the urge to fly, BIRDHEART holds a hand-mirror up to humanity and offers it a chair. Through a series of animated images built in front of the audiences' eyes BIRDHEART creates something achingly beautiful from the humblest of beginnings. For its world premier at National Sawdust, Crouch and Lane are joined on stage by extraordinary musicians Mark Stewart and Jeffrey Zeigler.
BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
BIRDHEART was part of the 2013-14 New Victory Labworks Artist Residency and Watermill Artists Residency, with additional support from the St Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab, the Henson Foundation and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. Special thanks to the Dillon Gallery.
In Situ: Tyondai Braxton
July 22, 2016 - 8:00pm Since departing his former band Battles in 2010, Braxton has split his time between composing chamber pieces for other ensembles and writing electronic music of his own -including music for a live multimedia project part architectural installation and part ensemble performance which was premiered at New York's Guggenheim Museum in 2013. The resulting album HIVE was released by Nonesuch Records last year.
