Madeline Harts

Biography

Dr. Madeline Harts, soprano, is a singer, vocal pedagogue, and vocologist from Buffalo, NY, with a deep commitment to vocal pedagogy, vocology, and the advancement of women in music. She has taught at SUNY Fredonia, Niagara University, University at Buffalo, University of Miami Frost School of Music, Miami Conservatory of Music, Bowling Green State University, BGSU Summer Vocal Arts Academy, and Buffalo Seminary.

Dr. Harts’ research and practice focuses on women composers and pedagogues, Interfaith Art Song Literature, and singer habilitation. She received the 2020 Presser Foundation Music Grant for her research on the art songs of Liza Lehmann and Clara Kathleen Rogers, presented at the Harvard University Houghton Archives and British Library. Her findings have been presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference and the Sam Houston State University Art Song Festival. She continues to give masterclasses and lectures on these topics.

Praised for her "freely produced top and dark midrange" by South Florida Classical Review, Madeline has performed with the John Duffy Institute of New Opera and won the Patti and Alan Herbert Frost Mirabelle Competition, performing at the Salzburgfestspiele. She is an alum of the Toledo Opera Resident Artist Program. Productions include Der Schauspieldirektor (Madame Herz), The Light in the Piazza (Margaret Johnson), The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), The Music Man (Marian), Die Fledermaus (Adele), Werther (Sophie), Roméo et Juliette, and Lucia di Lammermoor, among others.

Dr. Harts holds a DMA in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and degrees from Bowling Green State University (MM) and Ithaca College (BM). As an arts administrator, she served as Executive Director of the Grammy® Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. For more information, visit www.madelineharts.com