Biography

Dr. Madeline Harts is a voice teacher and coach, vocologist, singer, collaborative pianist, and arts administrator based in Western New York.

 

Dr. Harts is the Executive Director of the Grammy® Awarding winning Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and teaches music on faculty at the Buffalo Seminary, a private, college preparatory day and boarding school for girls in Buffalo, NY. A strong advocate for the advancement and outreach of musical arts, Dr. Harts has an equal passion for vocal and choral pedagogy, performance, and voice habilitation.

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As an educator, Dr. Harts has taught on the voice faculty 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 the work and advocation for women composers and vocal pedagogues, preservation and dissemination of Interfaith Art Song Literature, and voice studio singer-habilitation. She was 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 a recital during the annual Salzburgfestspiele, featuring music of American Musical Theatre.

 

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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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). 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).