Martha Guth
Juno and Latin Grammy nominated soprano Martha Guth’s recital and concert highlights include Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, The National Cathedral, St. John Smith Square, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Philharmonic, Voices of Ascension, and many more. Her longtime recital and touring partners include Graham Johnson and Erika Switzer. Her recitals have been recorded and broadcast for the CBC/Radio-Canada, the BBC, and the WDR in Germany and is proud to have worked under the batons of Maestro’s Seiji Ozawa, Robert Spano, Helmut Rilling, John Nelson, Richard Bradshaw, and Alan Gilbert among others.
Upcoming are recitals in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Baltimore, Madison, Exeter, NH, and Oxford, the U.K. with pianist Graham Johnson, a concert at Ravinia with the Lincoln Trio, and as a Co-Director of Sparks & Wiry Cries, a partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC to produce the world premiere of Freedom on the Move: Songs in Flight composed by Shawn Okpebholo.
With Erika Switzer, she is co-founder and co-director of Sparks & Wiry Cries, a non-profit dedicated to art song spanning publication, live performance, and commission of new works. Sparks is the force behind the popular regional songSLAM’s that are presented in partnership with other art song organizations and universities and presents its own songSLAM Festival every January in NYC.
Martha is Assistant Professor of Voice at Ithaca College, on faculty and the administrative team at SongFest and is Director of their Composer/Mentorship program residing at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is also on faculty at the Vocal Academy for The Collaborative Piano Institute in Baton Rouge.