Emily Kilpatrick holds a PhD in Musicology from the University of Adelaide, and has published widely on the music of Ravel and Faure. She is co-editor, with Roy Howat, of the new Peters critical edition of Faure's complete songs, a project based at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Emily also maintains an active performing career as a pianist and vocal accompanist, and regularly gives recitals, radio broadcasts, master classes and lectures on French opera and song.