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Vanessa Tonelli

Dr. Vanessa Tonelli

Visiting Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Tonelli received her PhD in Musicology with a Certificate in Gender Studies at Northwestern University. Her scholarly interests center on historical interactions between music, gender, and disability studies. Her primary research project traces the lives and significance of poor and orphaned female musicians of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Venetian charitable homes. Dr. Tonelli is particularly invested in practical applications of music research by means of restoring women's past works in modern performances. She recently has collaborated with historically informed ensembles, including Chicago’s Haymarket Opera Company, the Australian Chamber Choir, and Philadelphia’s La Tempesta di Mare Baroque Orchestra. These collaborative projects have featured revivals of fragmentary or forgotten compositions, informative pre-concert lectures, and a filmed documentary. She is also learning to play the historical trombone.

  • PHD - Northwestern University (2022)
  • MA - Michigan State University (2013)
  • BM - New Mexico State University (2010)

University of Â鶹´«Ã½
Mus 307: History of Music I, Antiquity to Baroque
Mus 471: Seminar in Masterpieces of Music, Topic: Music & Gender
Mus 571: Seminar in Masterpieces of Music, Topic: Defining Divas
Mus 702: Bibliography for Music Research
Mus 703: Writing About Music

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Musc 245: Survey of Western Art Music, pre-1750
Musc 246: Survey of Western Art Music, post-1750
Musc 240: Survey of African American Music
Musc 345 / WomenSt 345: Women in Music (Gender and Music)
Musc 465: Music and Disability Studies
Musc 466: Music and Politics
Core 110: World of Arts, with Honors Options

Northwestern University
Gen-Mus 170: Introduction to Music for Non-Majors
Gen-Mus 175: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
Gen-Mus 230: History of Opera

  • English (Native or Bilingual)
  • Italian (Professional Working)
  • Spanish (Elementary)
  • German (Elementary)

Contact Me

Marsh Hall - Fine Arts Building (FAB)

Hattiesburg

Email
Vanessa.TonelliFREEMississippi

Areas of Expertise

Musicology, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Early Modern History