Raised in Amherst, Massachusetts by two professors of archaeology, Emmet Chilton-Sugerman has always displayed a passion for learning. Starting piano lessons at age 4, Emmet was surrounded by music in his studies and in the music community of the Pioneer Valley. In 2023 he graduated from Vassar College with honors in music and correlates in the philosophy of art and aesthetics and English. He enjoys writing musical analysis, poetry, and most other genres in between, studies that inspire and inform his pianistic expression.​ Emmet has studied solo piano performance with Thomas Sauer and Jeewon Park and chamber music with Eduardo Navega. He has performed solo recitals in Binghamton, Poughkeepsie, Seattle, and Western Massachusetts and has taken part in the Vivace! and Amalfi Coast piano festivals. His chamber music career has largely featured duo repertoire with violinist Sophia Klin and soprano Eden Bartholomew. With each recital, Emmet seeks to program music such that a larger thesis or experience may precipitate. For instance, his senior undergraduate recital posed Beethoven's Pathétique sonata as a philosophical quandary which each subsequent piece attempted to resolve. In 2023 Emmet gave his concerto debut with the Vassar College orchestra.