Emma Soldaat

Emma Soldaat is a PhD candidate in music theory at the University of Toronto, having completed her MA in music theory at U of T and her BMus at Mount Allison University. She teaches at Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS) as a lecturer in music theory.

Her dissertation research, supported by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, examines form in Mahler’s symphonies by combining form-functional theory with theories of memory drawn from Bergson and Proust. She has presented this work at the Society for Music Theory, Society for Music Analysis, Royal Music Association, and MUSCAN annual meetings.

Her other ongoing projects include corpus studies on nineteenth-century form and research on Victor Zuckerkandl’s archival manuscripts. She lives in Halifax with her husband Benjamin, their black cat Ziggy, and many unfinished crochet projects.