Founders

Randi Marrazzo enjoys a rich musical life as a performer and voice teacher, of performance and concentration majors at Temple University and a wide range of students privately. With a curious interest in women composers beginning in the 80s, she began working with Sylvia Glickman, founder of Hildegard Publishing Company, and Martha Furman Schleifer, both editors of Women Composers: Music Through the Ages. With Sylvia's blessing, Randi gathered for her own teaching a collection of early Italian songs by women for her students. In addition, Randi compiled songs for publication at Hildegard and also edited a series of art song books for the young singer entitled, The First Solos: Songs by Women Composers, in high, medium and low editions. With renewed passion in advocating for women composers of song, she and Nicole have built this website in hopes of stimulating regular performing of women's compositions.

Randi holds degrees in Music Education from the University of Delaware and a Masters in Music from Catholic University. She spent two years studying opera at The Curtis Institute of Music becoming a professional singer who sang leading roles with the New York City Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Mississippi Opera, OperaDelaware, Sarasota Opera and Pennsylvania Opera Theater.  As a recitalist, engaging, versatile programs at universities, concert series and libraries were a favorite venue. As a co-founder of Lyric Fest, she was passionate in bringing over 40 theme-based voice recitals with a variety of performers to a diverse audience. And always while singing, teaching, researching and program building, women’s songs and stories have been an integral aspect of her work.

Nicole Leone has sung throughout New York City and Philadelphia as a soloist in opera, concert and recital. She is an ardent supporter of women composers and contemporary classical music and is passionate about promoting the stories and voices of rarely studied and under-appreciated female composers.

Nicole began studying piano and violin as a child and transitioned to voice once she finished her undergraduate degree. After college, she worked on Wall Street for six years before attending music school, where she performed several recitals, all prominently featuring women composers and strong female characters. 

Nicole and Randi Marrazzo have worked for more than a year to create A Modern Reveal as a means through which to share the music of talented and tenacious female composers in an accessible and engaging way. Bridging her love of performance and research, Nicole hopes the content on this website and upcoming lectures and recitals will provide a valuable resource for voice students, teachers, music lovers, and supporters of equality. 

Nicole holds a M.M. in Voice Performance from Temple University and a B.A. in Economics from New York University. She currently resides in New York City where she freelances as a musician and consultant.

Contributors

Kim Rojo Celestino Barroso is a highly sought collaborative pianist in the Delaware Valley region. Originally from the Philippines, where he is a graduate of the prestigious Philippine High School for the Arts, he finished his undergraduate studies at Winthrop University in South Carolina and his Masters at Temple University majoring in Piano Performance and Chamber Music Accompanying. He would go on to become the director of music at St. Augustine Church in Old City, Philadelphia as well as become an Artist-in-Residence at Temple University. His other engagements include Curtis Institute of Music, University of the Arts, Rutgers University in Camden, Jefferson University, Rowan University, University of Delaware, and performances for dignitaries and guests at Philippine Ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC.

Kim is no stranger to some of the biggest stages in the region including Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall and Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music. Furthermore, he has collaborated with the Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, Opera Seabrook, International Opera Theater and the Delaware Valley Opera Company, Greater South Jersey Chorus and Singing City.

Allison Maney is a soprano from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work is driven by a profound love of knowledge and a genuine passion for the discovery of new concepts and works within the musical world. Throughout her university studies, she premiered and recorded multiple works by student composers. Allison began a research project surrounding lied composed by women in the summer of 2021. The next year, she transcribed and performed a previously unrecorded art song by Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Allison holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Music History from Temple University and studied voice with Randi Marrazzo.

Abigayle Stoetzer is passionate about bringing awareness to overlooked, Jewish, queer, and women composers, as well as discovering ways to make their sheet music more accessible for singers. 

Abigayle is a soprano and holds a B.M in Vocal Performance from Temple University. Her passion for Jewish women composers inspired her senior recital in 2020 which featured Jewish composers, pieces in hebrew, and an oratorio aria from the old testament. 

She has worked at WRTI 90.1 FM with their Development, Digital Marketing, and Sponsorship departments and she has an ASMR channel on Youtube. Her work has been featured by Temple News, in Refine Magazine, and Be Well Philly, Philadelphia Magazine’s Wellness Magazine.

Abigayle is currently the Manager of Jewish Life & Digital Marketing at Queens College Hillel in New York City.

Emma Storm is currently the Digital Director at Human Rights First, leading digital strategy for advocacy and communications to uphold international human rights across four key pillars: authoritarianism, extremism, systemic injustice, and use and abuse of technology.

A lifelong advocate and digital specialist, Emma has worked in both the progressive movement and the arts. Most recently, Emma was the Digital Communications Manager at the Tahirih Justice Center, specializing in immigration and gender-based violence.

Prior to that, she was the Director of Marketing and Communications at Opera NexGen, Digital Marketing Manager at OPERA America, and a Marketing Consultant for Opera Philadelphia. Emma is also a founding contributor of A Modern Reveal: Songs and Stories of Women Composers.

Emma has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Opera America Magazine. Her work has been featured by Capacity Interactive, Digital Marketing Consulting for the Arts, and her speaking engagements include sessions with the New York Opera Alliance and the Career Blueprints for Singers program. Emma has been trained by Arena Academy and Becker Digital Strategies. 

Emma holds a B.M. from Temple University and is based in Brooklyn, NY.

Shuying Wang grew up in China and received her undergraduate degree in Music Education at Chongqing Normal University. She developed a love for singing which eventually led her to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she completed her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Temple University, studying with Randi Marrazzo, who aroused her interest in women composers.

Beginning in 2021, Wang began researching Chinese women composers and, while doing this research, was impressed with the achievements and courage of the Chinese women about which she has learned. This work has enhanced her pride and appreciation for her own heritage.

Wang looks forward to doing more research about women composers including those who have lived their entire lives in China, and those who have immigrated to the United States, and she looks forward to introducing these women and their music to more people.