Madison Spahn

Biographical Information:

Madison Spahn is a doctoral candidate in historical musicology at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center and an Adjunct Lecturer in music at Queens College. Her research focuses on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Franco-American musical relations, particularly through French chanson performance, representations of gender and sexuality through musical performance, and women as musical intellectuals and pedagogues.

Ms. Spahn holds an M.M. in Voice Performance from Boston Conservatory, a B.A. in music from Duke University, and a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. In addition to her scholarly work, she is an active performer and church musician.