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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鈥檚 Haymarket Opera Company, the Australian Chamber Choir, and Philadelphia鈥檚 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.