Martha Guth

Juno nominated soprano Martha Guth's interpretations have been called “Magical” (Opera Now); and “Thrilling” (Globe and Mail). Her concert schedule has included performances at Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, The National Cathedral, Ravinia, Oxford International Song Festival, Chamber Fest (Ottawa), and Leeds Lieder. Orchestral and Operatic and engagements have included The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Philharmonic, The Santa Fe Opera, The Canadian Opera Company, Charleston Symphony, and The Vancouver Symphony.

Her career in song was launched after winning first prize at both the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and the Concours Musical International de Montréal, and it is in this repertoire where she truly feels at home. Her discography includes Summer Night, a Juno nominated disc of songs by Healy Willan on Centrediscs; Das Ewig Weibliche a solo disc of Schubert songs with Penelope Crawford on a Graf fortepiano; Roberto Sierra’s Beyond the Silence of Sorrow with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico for Naxos (nominated for a 2016 Latin GRAMMY) and more. Her concerts have been recorded and broadcast by the CBC Radio/Radio Canada, the BBC and the WDR in Germany. 

Martha is Associate Professor of Voice at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She has held faculty positions at the Vocal Academy of the Collaborative Piano institute, and at Opera Seme in Arezzo, Italy, and appointments as both Co-Artistic Director of SongFest and Director of its Composer/Mentorship program; Martha has presented recitals, masterclasses, lectures, and residencies at dozens of major academic institutions across North America, many of them alongside long time recital partners, Graham Johnson and Erika Switzer.  

With Erika Switzer, she is Co-Founder/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 around the world and presents its own larger sparksLIVE events in partnership with institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and many more.