Emily Pinkerton “unites the traditional and the modern in a stunning, beautiful fashion” in intimate folk songs and chamber compositions.

—Pop Matters

Voice, gender, and breaking silence are at the heart of two new projects: a collection of piano songs and a song cycle—Ephemera Ballads—for voice, banjo, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and bass (premiere: March 2025).

Emily is a founding member of The Early Mays, an old-time, vocal harmony trio that topped the National Folk-DJ charts and was featured twice on NPR’s Mountain Stage.


PROJECTS

Ephemera Ballads

Chamber-folk piece that gives shape to ghosts of the Hudson Valley. For voice, banjo, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and bass.

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Rounder Songs

Appalachian song cycle by Emily Pinkerton & Patrick Burke (New Amsterdam Records).

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LoOKING For Violeta

Original score for dramatic work about Chilean artists Violeta and Nicanor Parra with Quantum Theatre

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