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Emily Duncan Wilson
About Emily
Emily Duncan Wilson is a sound designer, producer, musician, and educator originally from New Hampshire, currently living in Vermont.
Wilson started at Interlochen in 2015 as a cabin counselor in the Intermediate Lakeside division, returning to Interlochen in 2020 as a member of Interlochen Arts Academy's Residence Life team. She served as an instructor of residence life and senior instructor of residence life from 2020-2022. She has also worked in Camp Life as the Assistant Director of Intermediate Meadows (2021) and Director of Intermediate Meadows (2022).
She continues to work for Interlochen Public Radio as the producer of Classical Sprouts, the "awesome classical music podcast for kids," and Kid's Commute, a weekly radio show broadcast on Classical IPR, both hosted by Kate Botello.
As a theatrical sound designer, she has designed and assisted regionally at such theatres as Yale Repertory Theatre, Seattle Rep, McCarter Theatre, the Public Theatre, and Round House Theatre. She has also designed productions for Interlochen Arts Academy and Arts Camp, including The Winter's Tale, Dracula, As You Like It, and Julius Caesar.
Wilson holds a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama and a bachelor's degree from Smith College.
I strive to be a constant, supportive, and kind presence to my students. I hope to role model being a steady, considerate, compassionate female-identifying artist, friend, and citizen to them, and help them see all that they can become as they continue to grow and mature.
-Adjunct Professor, Sound Design, Florida Atlantic University
-Recipient of the Gordon F. Knight Scholarship, Yale University, 2018
-Recipient of the Ernst Wallfisch Prize, Smith College, 2017
-Recipient of the Yvonne Sarah Burnhardt Buerger Prize, Smith College, 2017
-Member of Ring of Keys, an artist service organization that fosters community and visibility for musical theatre professionals - onstage and off - who self-identify as queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists.
B.A., Music (Performance Concentration, multiple woodwinds) - Smith College
M.F.A., Sound Design - Yale School of Drama