Martha returns to the Mobile Symphony under the Baton of Scott Speck to perfrom the soprano solo’s in Mozart’s requeim with Colleagues Susan Platts, Dann Coakwell, and Kevin Deas. More informatio nand tickets can be found HERE.

Martha returns to the Mobile Symphony under the Baton of Scott Speck to perfrom the soprano solo’s in Mozart’s requeim with Colleagues Susan Platts, Dann Coakwell, and Kevin Deas. More informatio nand tickets can be found HERE.

Martha joins Maestra Tania Miller as soprano soloist for Haydn’s Creation with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. more information and tickets can be found HERE.

Martha joins as Co-Director of Sparks & Wiry Cries and Co-producer for a repeat performance of Songs in Flight at Wheaton College. Pulitzer Prize-, MacArthur Genius Grant-, and Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens, alongside other internationally acclaimed and award-winning artists soprano Karen Slack, countertenor Reginald Mobley, baritone Markel Reed, and pianist Paul Sánchez will present, award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo song cycle, “Songs in Flight”, commissioned and conceived by Sparks & Wiry Cries. This powerful work is inspired by “Freedom on the Move,” a database spearheaded by Cornell University comprising over 30,000 newspaper advertisements placed by North American enslavers to aid in the capture of runaway enslaved people. The New York Times aptly describes the composition as one that “zeroes in on… the simultaneous presence of good and evil, perseverance and depravity, combining beauty and harshness.” Tickets for this event can be found HERE.

Martha is joined by members of the Ithaca College Music Faculty in a recital of vocal chamber music for an After Dinner Mint recital. She will perform Juhi Bansal’s piece Love, Loss and Exile alongside cellist Greg Hesselink pianist/conductor/composer Khyle Wooten.

In January 2023, MetLiveArts presented the premiere of Shawn E. Okpebholo and Tsitsi Ella Jaji's groundbreaking song cycle Songs in Flight, based on early US newspaper ads seeking the recapture of self-emancipated enslaved people, now enshrined in Cornell University's massive "Freedom on the Move" database. The premiere, which included a powerhouse team of performers from the opera world's most prominent stages, was praised for "[finding] uncommon power in the humble format of folk and art songs" (The New York Times). Just over a year after Songs in Flight's Met premiere, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a special virtual conversation with the team that made the first performance possible: composer Shawn E. Okpebholo, librettist Tsitsi Ella Jaji, countertenor Reginald Mobley, and Martha Guth, co-director of commissioning body Sparks & Wiry Cries. Join them for a discussion of the piece's inspirations, process, and staying power, moderated by The Met's Lulu C. and Anthony W. Wang General Manager of Live Arts, Limor Tomer. To learn more about Songs in Flight, view the premiere performance's program or visit the Sparks & Wiry Cries website. Register for this event HERE.

As part of the Dream Big Conference in Winnipeg, Canada, a conference devoted to Collaborative pianists, Martha will join friend and long time musical partner, pianist Erika Switzer as part of a Multi-media evening concert, featuring 50 mini-musical events hosted by Shelagh Rogers, and Dr. Jillian Horton, and curated by pianist Valerie Dueck at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (the first museum of it’s kind in the world). the CMHR’s galleries will come alive with 40 extraordinary mini‐performances by 40 top classical musicians from around the globe. This event, a collaboration between the Museum and the University of Manitoba, will pair music with specific human rights themes, spotlighting the artistic and tangible impacts music can have on social justice.

Martha will sing the soprano solos in a holiday favorite close to home in Handel’s Messiah with the Binghamton Downton Singers, More information and tickets can be found HERE

Martha will sing the soprano solos in the Bach Magnificat close with the Chorus of Westerly, in Westerly Rhode Island in their beautiful George Kent Performance Hall. More information and tickets can be found HERE.

Martha will give the world premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Canciones de Amor with texts by Julia de Burgos in a concert entitled “Conexiones Puerto Rico”, conducted by Mark Loria. More information and tickets can be purchased HERE.

Martha is joined by legendary pianist and scholar Graham Johnson and Baritone Stephan Loges for a lecture recital of Schubert songs in 1823 in Europe’s oldest recital hall: The Holywell Music Room. More information and tickets can be found HERE.

Martha is joined by renowned pianist Thomasz Lis, for a Recital of Fauré, Copland and Schumann in London at the Brompton Oratory. Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Sparks & Wiry Cries will partner with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society to produce the second performance of ‘Songs in Flight’ at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Artists include Rhiannon Giddens, Karen Slack, Will Liverman, Reginald Mobley, Howard Watkins, Shawn Okpebholo, Tsitsi Ella Jaji, and Edward Baptist. Martha is Co-Director/Founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries along with pianist Erika Switzer.

Sparks & Wiry Cries will produce its flagship songSLAM at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Fashioned after poetry slams and storytelling events, teams of composers and performers compete for $2,000 audience-awarded cash prizes with new art song premieres. Additionally, last year’s commission prize winner, composer Shawn Chang, will premiere his new cycle. Martha is Co-Director/Founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries along with pianist Erika Switzer.

Sparks & Wiry Cries will partner with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC to produce the world premiere of ‘Songs in Flight’. Artists include Rhiannon Giddens, Karen Slack, Will Liverman, Reginald Mobley, Howard Watkins, Shawn Okpebholo, Tsitsi Ella Jaji, and Edward Baptist. Martha is Co-Director/Founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries along with pianist Erika Switzer.

Sparks & Wiry Cries will partner with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to produce a preview event for the world premiere of ‘Songs in Flight’ The event includes a panel discussion and short performance excerpts. Artists include Rhiannon Giddens, Karen Slack, Will Liverman, Reginald Mobley, Howard Watkins, Shawn Okpebholo, Tsitsi Ella Jaji, and Edward Baptist. Martha is Co-Director/Founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries along with pianist Erika Switzer.

Martha is joined by pianist Graham Johnson, BBC New Generation Artist Alessandro Fisher, winner of the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Esme Bronwen-Smith, and Ferrier finalist Charles Cunliffe for a recital of Schubert songs at the acclaimed Oxford Lieder Festival.

Martha will sing as soprano soloist for a new oratorio depicting the story of Joan of Arc.

Martha will sing as soprano soloist for a new oratorio depicting the story of Joan of Arc.

Martha will again join the Lincoln Trio to give the second performance of the new song cycle ‘Chronicles of Ghosts’ by composer Clarice Assad for the Ravinia Festival at Bennett Gordon Hall, after performing the world premiere in Northern Michigan this past summer.

Martha will join the Lincoln Trio in a world premiere song cycle by composer Clarice Assad for the “Baroque on Beaver” opening night fundraiser.

NATS: Martha will sing a solo recital partnering with pianist Javier Arrebola focusing on themes of struggle and health.