“always a piquant presence”

Christopher Corwin

Parterre Box

“Especially fine”

James R. Oestreich

The New York Times

“baroque style and expressive panache”

David Shengold

Opera News

“silvery-toned”

Charles T. Downey

Washington Classical Review

Noelle McMurtry, soprano, has established herself as a versatile and expressive vocal performer, researcher, concert curator, and writer, who employs her interdisciplinary background in service of contemporary and inclusive storytelling. She engages with genre-bending music-theater projects that explore diverse and underrepresented feminist perspectives to question and re-contextualize the canon.

Snapshots

Behind the Scenes

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DMA Lecture Recital prep with Hui-Chuan Chen

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Cashew considering baby geese on the Tidal Basin

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Cherry blossom season in Washington DC!

Calendar

Peabody Commencement Ceremony

Peabody Commencement Ceremony

Date May 24th, 2023Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMVenue Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University

On Wednesday, May 24th, I will graduate from Peabody Insitute with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice and a Master of Music in Musicology. I am also excited to be a featured performer at the Commencement Ceremony, where I will present two songs by Fre...

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Unearthing a Self-Curated Nachlaß: A General Survey of Luise Adolpha Le Beau’s Published Lieder

Unearthing a Self-Curated Nachlaß: A General Survey of Luise Adolpha Le Beau's Published Lieder

Date April 29th, 2023Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PMVenue Cohen-Davison Family Theatre

This DMA lecture recital will provide an overview of the published Lieder opuses of Romantic-era composer Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927). With the support of a Presser Graduate Award, this research project began over a year ago, as I undertook arc...

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Acting Art Song: A Workshop

Acting Art Song: A Workshop

Date March 15th, 2023Time 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMVenue University of Maryland

Acting Art Song is designed as a general introduction for undergraduate and graduate voice students to develop the necessary research, analytical, and performance skills to confidently engage with art song as a multi-faceted repertoire. In addition t...

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Acting Art Song: A Workshop

Acting Art Song: A Workshop

Date March 8th, 2023Time 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMVenue University of Maryland

Acting Art Song is designed as a general introduction for undergraduate and graduate voice students to develop the necessary research, analytical, and performance skills to confidently engage with art song as a multi-faceted repertoire. In addition t...

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In Search of Luise Adolpha Le Beau (Part II): An Estate in Ashes

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Research | 0 Comments

Design: Elizabeth Van Os of Cavatina Creative With the generous support of the Presser Foundation's Presser Graduate Award, I traveled to Germany from late March until...

In Search of Luise Adolpha Le Beau (Part I): My Mother in the Library

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Research | 0 Comments

Design: Elizabeth Van Os of Cavatina Creative With the generous support of the Presser Foundation's Presser Graduate Award, I traveled to Germany from late March until...

The Woman Within the Portrait: Ria & Mizzi

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Lacy Rose's cycles Ria (2018) and Hope I (2017) Lacy Rose's Ria and Hope I were performed as part of Portraits: The Self Illuminated. For more...

Suffragist Series: Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Research,Season Highlights | 0 Comments

Suffragist Series highlights the fascinating suffrage activists that I researched as dramaturg for A Women's Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza! (AWSSE!), a new...

Singing with Myself: Pandemic Virtual Performance & Melissa Dunphy’s June

by | Feb 26, 2022 | Poet,Research | 0 Comments

Reflections on Melissa Dunphy's June (2012) June was presented as part of the recital-film project, I take the long way there. For more information about this program,...

“one heart and one soul”: The Songs of Clara and Robert Schumann

by | Feb 25, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Zwölf Gedichte aus F. Rückerts Liebesfrühling von Robert und Clara Schumann (1841) German Romantics: Clara was featured on the film-recital project, I...

«… und, wo ist Fanny?»

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Composer | 0 Comments

Reflections on Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 (1846) Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 was programmed on The little ghost for The Cantanti...

The Myth of Semele: A Woman on Fire

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Composer,Research | 0 Comments

Reflections on Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Semelé (1715) Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Semelé was performed as part of Portraits: The Self Illuminated. For more...

An Ancient Poet Speaks: Finding the Voice of Sulpicia

by | Feb 18, 2022 | Poet,Research | 0 Comments

Reflections on Jessica Krash's Sulpicia's Songs (2015) Sulpicia's Songs was featured on the film-recital project, I take the long way there. For more information about...

Self-Portraits of Desire: Louise de Vilmorin & Gwen John

by | Feb 7, 2022 | Poet,Research | 0 Comments

Reflections on Francis Poulenc's Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin Francis Poulenc's Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin was performed as part of Portraits: The Self...