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Claire Fontijn is the Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College. Her research and teaching focus on Early Music, Women Composers, and J.S. Bach, with a particular emphasis on medieval to baroque periods.
- Education: B.A. from Oberlin College, Certificate from Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and Ph.D. from Duke University.
Her scholarly work explores the contributions of women composers like Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, and Fanny Hensel, alongside historical performance practices and the synthesis of image, text, and notation in medieval music. Recent publications analyze solmization puns and chorales from the Seicento Venice and Romantic periods.
Fontijn’s research has been supported by prestigious organizations including the American Musicological Society, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She teaches courses such as Italian Popular Song and the Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: The Power of Music, which trains students to communicate music scholarship to non-specialist audiences.
- Scientific Awards:
- Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Classical Music Biography (2007)
Fontijn’s collaborations with Susan Parisi and her editorship of Uncovering Music of Early European Women highlight her dedication to expanding the canon of music history. Grants from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars further enable her interdisciplinary work.
