Sigma Alpha Iota

Annual Philanbthropies Awards S A I 2021 FALL 2021 25 D O C TO R A L G R A N T I N M E M O RY O F D O N N A H I E K E N D O C TO R A L G R A N T I N M E M O RY O F D O N N A H I E K E N Madelaine Matej MacQueen Cleveland Alumnae Chapter, Sigma C, Region VII M adelaine Matej MacQueen is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Musicology at Case Western Reserve University, with an additional involvement in the Historical Performance Practice program. Her research focuses on voices, vocality, and voicelessness. Her dissertation, "Aesthetics by Medics: Vocal Pedagogy and Pathology in Chervin's Journal La Voix Parlée et Chantée," investigates the medicalization of the singing and speaking voice in the 19th century. Previously, Madelaine presented a lecture-recital called "Don't Look Back! A Eurydice Retrospective," exploring the evolution of the character Eurydice over 400 years of operas on the "Orpheus and Eurydice" Greek myth, at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Asheville, NC, and at the Pi Kappa Lambda Colloquium in Stockton, CA. Madelaine is an active performer, enjoying a range of early music, nineteenth-century music, and new music. Her stage roles include Flora in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, Phaedra in Conradi's Ariadne, Cupid and Semele in Handel's Semele, Sparrow and Božka in Krása's Brundibár, Aglante in Lully's Cadmus et Hermione, Titania and Fairy 2 in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Celidora in Mozart's L'Oca del Cairo, First Spirit in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Eurydice in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, Gabrielle in Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne, Venus in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Prêtresse in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, and Dory in Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter, as well as oratorios and concert works. She has won numerous awards and competitions, including the Avanti Award from the Joseph and Frances Bruscia Foundation, the Thelma Dry Award of the Henry and Maria Holt Memorial Scholarship from West Bay Opera, and the Lotfi Mansouri Vocal Award from Pacific Musical Society. Madelaine studies voice with Dina Kuznetsova at the Cleveland Institute of Music and with Ellen Hargis at Case. She teaches voice and piano in Cleveland, OH, and she is looking forward to performing with Apollo's Fire as venues reopen in the upcoming season. Madelaine was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota by the Eta Omega Chapter in spring 2013. She has held multiple officer positions at the undergraduate and alumnae level. Most recently, Madelaine served as President for the Cleveland Alumnae chapter, during which time she applied for and successfully received the Chapter Outreach Grant for the chapter's 40 th annual string competition. She is grateful for all the support and friendship SAI has provided over the years.

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