Professor Dr. Martha Feldman

Biography

Martha Feldman is the Ferdinand Schevill Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago's Department of Music. With a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, she has published extensively in the area of music and performance, particularly focusing on vocal practices from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Her significant works include "City Culture Madrigal Venice" (1995), awarded the Bainton Book Prize, and "Opera Sovereignty: Transforming Myths Eighteenth-Century Italy" (2007), which won the Gordon J. Laing Award. Feldman has studied the role of castrati in European music culture, culminating in her book "Castrato: Reflections Natures Kinds" (2015), which received the Otto Kinkeldey Award. She has co-directed numerous interdisciplinary projects and initiatives, collaborating closely with students and faculty alike. She is the recipient of several awards including honorary memberships and teaching accolades, and has a notable history of presenting her research at conferences and in academia, focusing on the intersections of voice, memory, and performance. Her current projects explore themes of errant voices and their cultural implications.

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