Madeline is a classically trained soprano and voice teacher. Her studio is located in the tristate area, with students of all ages from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Passionate about teaching, Madeline's primary goals are to foster healthy voices, sharpen musical skills, and develop a love for music in a nurturing environment. Madeline offers both in-person and online lessons.
Madeline especially enjoys the process of preparing students for auditions and performances. Her students have sung lead roles in school musicals and have participated in programs such as the Peabody Summer Vocal Academy, Met Opera Global Summer Camp, All-County and All-State Chorus, the Wilmington Children’s Chorus, and Solo and Ensemble competitions. Members of her studio regularly perform in productions at Milburn Stone Theatre and Street Lamp Productions. Madeline also helps her students further their education in music by preparing them for college and conservatory acceptance and study.
As a Delaware native, Madeline Ley has delighted in the opportunity to invest in the community where she grew was raised. Most recently, Madeline has enjoyed collaborative music work with Delaware area musicians. Her current projects include a recording of 21st century art songs for vibraphone and soprano with percussionist Ralph Sorrentino for an album which is to be released in 2025. Madeline has performed as a soloist in concert works including
Mozart's Requiem, Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning, and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The First Nowell. Her opera credits include the role of Hansel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Kätchen in Werther, and selections from the roles of Pamina from Die Zauberflöte, Susanna from Le Nozze di Figaro, and Zerlina from Don Giovanni. She also performed the role of Frasquita from Carmen with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański.
Madeline holds voice performance degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (M.M) and Wheaton College Conservatory of Music (B.M.) where she studied with Timothy Noble and Carolyn Hart.