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Composer · singer · ceremonialist. References available on request.

Education

2021–27: Princeton University — PhD in Music Composition (expected May 2027). Dissertation: Beyond Our Understanding: Music as Spiritual Technology
2021–23: Princeton University — MM in Music Composition
2018–19: New York University — MM in Music Composition
2016–18: Columbia College Chicago — MFA in Music Composition for the Screen
2009–13: Roosevelt University — BM 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, CA — Resident Fellow, LEEP Program
2023, 2024: Avaloch Farm Music Institute — Composer in Residence (Vocal Consort, 2023; Hope Littwin Ensemble, 2024)
2020: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity — Composer in Residence, Pro Coro Canada
2019: Periapsis, New York — Composer in Residence
2019: New York Women's Film Society — Composer
2018: BMI Scoring Workshop, New York — Composer in Residence
2015: Ragdale, Lake Forest, IL — Composer in Residence
2014–15: High Concept Labs, Chicago — Composer and Artist in Residence

2022–: Princeton University — Instructor, Composition and Music Technology. Co-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 Sabah — Instructor, Ancient Codes and Our Musical Roots
2026: SRKBV Matric Hr Sec School, Tamil Nadu, India — Choir Director
2020–: Sanctuary Studios — Founder; online school of music production and songwriting (2020–22); Instructor and Program Director (2022–)
2019: Keylab, Brooklyn — Instructor, piano, voice, guitar, composition
2016–18: Columbia College Chicago Music Tech Lab — Lab Technician, Instructor, Theory Tutor
2016–18: Northwest Choral Society, Chicago — Voice and Piano Instructor
2011–13: Roosevelt University Music Tech Lab — Instructor, Theory Tutor
2006–13: Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago — Guitar Instructor

2024–: Chamber Meditations, Princeton University Chapel — creator and leader of an improvised music and meditation series
2023–25: Community Improvisation Sessions, Figure Eight Recording, Brooklyn — host
2020–: Sanctuary Studios — more than fifty gatherings: retreats in songwriting, ritual and ceremonial music in Chicago, New York, Princeton and Los Angeles; Oaxaca and Mexico City (2025); Rīga and Vilnius (2025); Kerala (2026)

2026–: The Hope Littwin Podcast — creator and host; conversations with composers, folklorists, archivists and ritual practitioners
2025–26: 3 Songs Podcast — creator and host; guests include Laraaji, Kimbra, Shahzad Ismaily, Vijay Iyer and Mary Lattimore
2026–: Why We Gather — essays on authorship, collaboration and the conditions for collective making

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

2011–19: Alto with Downtown Voices, EnsembleNYC, Chicago VOX, Artemisia Vocal Trio (founding member), Lira Ensemble and New Deal Vocal Jazz Ensemble; section leader at Hyde Park Union Church, St. Matthew's Evanston and Grace Episcopal, Chicago
: Solo roles: soprano soloist, Bach BWV 199; Carmen, La Tragédie de Carmen; mezzo soloist, Kyong Mee Choi's Resilience; Riccardo, Handel's The Triumph of Honor; Haydn Missa Brevis

2021: Department Full Academic Scholarship, Princeton University
2018: J. Goldstein Music Scholar; Dorothy Morse Scholar; Dr. A. Kurtz Scholar; Creative Career Fellowship — New York University
2016: Graduate Assistantship and Full Academic Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
2013: Presser Music Scholar, Roosevelt University

: BMI · Society of Composers and Lyricists · Dramatists Guild · Alliance for Women Film Composers