Emma Alabaster (she/ they) is a NYC-based audio producer, bassist & multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and sound designer. 

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Born and raised in Brooklyn by artist-public-school-teacher parents, Emma grew up steeped in jazz and protest songs. Emma began her formal study of upright bass and voice at LaGuardia High School for the Arts and went on to receive a B.A. in Music with a focus in jazz from Bard College. She studied abroad in the International Human Rights Exchange program in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Emma is an audio producer for LAist Studios on the Snooze podcast. Previously, they were a producer, composer and engineer for The Black Women's Department of Labor podcast. Emma is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

 

As a musical artist, Emma performs under their name and released an album with the band, decibelists. She music-directed luminary poet, Cornelius Eady's band, Rough Magic, including the Sterling Brown Project.

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As a cultural organizer and educator, Emma taught for over a decade in NYC public schools and continues to organize with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ.)