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Composer · songwriter · ceremonialist

Education

2021–27: Princeton UniversityPhD in Music Composition (expected May 2027)Dissertation: Beyond Our Understanding: Music as Spiritual Technology
2021–23: Princeton UniversityMM in Music Composition
2018–19: New York UniversityMM in Music Composition
2016–18: Columbia College ChicagoMFA in Music Composition for the Screen
2009–13: Roosevelt UniversityBM in Vocal Performance and Music Composition

: Opera, orchestra, chamber, choral, site-specific, film and dance: see the complete list of works.

2023–24: Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CAResident Fellow, LEEP Program
2023, 2024: Avaloch Farm Music InstituteComposer in Residence (Vocal Consort, 2023; Hope Littwin Ensemble, 2024)
2020: Banff Centre for Arts and CreativityComposer in Residence, Pro Coro Canada
2019: Periapsis, New YorkComposer in Residence
2019: New York Women's Film SocietyComposer
2018: BMI Scoring Workshop, New YorkComposer in Residence
2015: Ragdale, Lake Forest, ILComposer in Residence
2014–15: High Concept Labs, ChicagoComposer and Artist in Residence

2022–: Princeton UniversityInstructor, Composition and Music TechnologyCo-Instructor, EGR 312 Transformative Design (with Kees Dorst, 2026–)Teaching Assistant, MUS 105 Music Theory (with Dmitri Tymoczko, 2026–)Creator of Self-Authoring Through Songwriting (2025) and Collective Composition (2022–)
2026: Universiti Malaysia SabahInstructor, Ancient Codes and Our Musical Roots
2026: SRKBV Matric Hr Sec School, Tamil Nadu, IndiaChoir Director
2020–: Sanctuary Music StudiosFounderOnline school of music production and songwriting (2020–22)Instructor and Program Director (2022–)
2019: Keylab, BrooklynInstructor, piano, voice, guitar, composition
2016–18: Columbia College Chicago Music Tech LabLab Technician, Instructor, Theory Tutor
2016–18: Northwest Choral Society, ChicagoVoice and Piano Instructor
2011–13: Roosevelt University Music Tech LabInstructor, Theory Tutor
2006–13: Old Town School of Folk Music, ChicagoGuitar Instructor

2024–: Chamber Meditations, Princeton University ChapelCreator and leader of an improvised music and meditation series
2023–25: Community Improvisation Sessions, Figure Eight Recording, BrooklynHost
2020–: Sanctuary Music StudiosMore than fifty gatherings: retreats in songwriting, ritual and ceremonial musicChicago, New York, Princeton and Los AngelesOaxaca and Mexico City (2025) · Rīga and Vilnius (2025) · Kerala (2026)

2026–: The Hope Littwin PodcastCreator and hostConversations with composers, folklorists, archivists and ritual practitioners
2025–26: 3 Songs PodcastCreator and hostGuests include Laraaji, Kimbra, Shahzad Ismaily, Vijay Iyer and Mary Lattimore
2026–: Why We GatherEssays on authorship, collaboration and the conditions for collective making

Ongoing: International choral collaborationsKerala and Tamil Nadu (2026)Mexico City (2025)Rīga and Vilnius (2025)
2021–: Hope Littwin EnsembleFounder and Artistic Director
2015–18: St. Peter's United Church of Christ, ChicagoMusic Director and Choral Conductor
2013–15: CUBE Collaborative Arts Ensemble, ChicagoArtistic Director

2011–19: Ensemble singer (alto)Downtown Voices, EnsembleNYC, Chicago VOX, Artemisia Vocal Trio (founding member), Lira Ensemble, New Deal Vocal Jazz EnsembleSection leader: Hyde Park Union Church, St. Matthew's Evanston, Grace Episcopal, Chicago
: Solo rolesSoprano soloist, Bach BWV 199Carmen, La Tragédie de CarmenMezzo soloist, Kyong Mee Choi's ResilienceRiccardo, Handel's The Triumph of HonorHaydn, Missa Brevis

2021: Princeton UniversityDepartment Full Academic Scholarship
2018: New York UniversityJ. Goldstein Music Scholar · Dorothy Morse Scholar · Dr. A. Kurtz ScholarCreative Career Fellowship
2016: Columbia College ChicagoGraduate Assistantship and Full Academic Scholarship
2013: Roosevelt UniversityPresser Music Scholar