Biography

Dr. Madeline Harts is a voice teacher and coach, vocologist, singer, collaborative pianist, and arts executive. She is currently a Lecturer of Voice at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA. A strong advocate for the advancement and outreach of musical arts, she has an equal passion for vocal and choral pedagogy, performance, and voice habilitation.

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As an educator, Dr. Harts has held positions at SUNY Fredonia School of Music, Niagara University, the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and as a voice teacher at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, Miami Conservatory of Music, Bowling Green State University and the BGSU Summer Vocal Arts Academy. Research interests include voice care networks in higher education and heavy vocal load organizations, the cross-over singing artist, the work and advocation for women composers and vocal pedagogues, preservation and dissemination of Interfaith Art Song Literature, and voice studio singer-habilitation. Dr. Harts is an active researcher and in January 2025 was an Honorary Award winner at the National Opera Association (NOA) and National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Winter Conference for her academic paper "Taking Care: The Case for Voice Care Networks in the Opera Company." She was also awarded a 2020 Presser Foundation Music Grant to conduct research and record the art songs of women composers Liza Lehmann and Clara Kathleen Rogers at the Harvard University Houghton Archives and British Library. Dr. Harts was selected to present on these findings at the 2022 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference in Chicago, IL and the 2022 Sam Houston State University (SHSU) Art Song Festival. She continues to present vocal masterclasses and workshops at universities nationally.

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Praised for her "freely produced top and dark midrange" that "takes avian flight" by South Florida Classical Review, Dr. Harts sings repertoire spanning the canon of classical music and musical theatre; from Handel to contemporary works. She was an artist for the John Duffy Institute of New Opera, hosted by American composer Libby Larsen, where she workshopped roles for new operatic works. Her workshop premieres also include Christopher Cerrone's In a Grove (harp/piano) and Leanna Kirchoff's Friday After Friday (soprano). She was also a winner of the Patti and Alan Herbert Frost School of Music's Mirabelle Competition in Salzburg, Austria where she presented the recital "The Great White Way: Broadway Musicale" as apart of the annual Salzburgfestspiel.

 

Dr. Harts is an alumnus of the Resident Artist Program for the Toledo Opera Company, both as a soprano and pianist. 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), Aïda, Roméo et Juliette, and Lucia di Lammermoor, among others.  

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Previously, Dr. Harts was the inaugural Executive Director of the Grammy® Award winning Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and taught music on faculty at the Buffalo Seminary, a private, college preparatory day and boarding school for girls in Buffalo, NY.

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Prior to administrative promotion, Dr. Harts was the Associate Director of Development and Administration for the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. Her background as an administrator, educator, and singer, combined with specialization in choral and vocal music, lends to a comprehensive understanding of arts organizations and their role in our society. Dr. Harts was previously the Director of Community Engagement and Assistant Director of Arts Education, as well as a Teaching Resident Artist and Children's Choir Director for the Toledo Opera Company in Toledo, OH.

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Dr. Harts is a doctoral graduate of the University of Miami Frost School of Music in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance (DMA) and holds degrees in Voice Performance from Bowling Green State University (MM) and Voice Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College (BM); she also studied historical musicology at the University at Buffalo (PhD). Dr. Harts also attended the Shenandoah Conservatory CCM New Vocal Pedagogy Institute. She is a standing member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Erie County Music Educators Association (EMCEA), and the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA).