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Résumé

Education

San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California; Master of Music, 2012
La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France; Diplôme, July 2011
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; Bachelor of Music, 2010
L’École Normale de Musique de Paris, Paris, France; Diplôme, July 2009

Employment

Alto, Border CrosSing, St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2023
Alto, Pasión, McAllen, Texas, since 2021
Alto, EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Detroit, Michigan, since 2018
Alto, Dallas Chamber Choir, Dallas, Texas, since 2014
Translator, since 2012
Composer, since 2010
Composer, Consortio, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2018-23
Voice Instructor, Your Lessons Now LLC, Vancouver, Washington, 2020-22
Voice Instructor, L.D. Bell High School, Hurst, Texas, 2019-20
Voice Instructor, Timber Creek High School, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012-16, 2018-19
Composer-in-Residence, International Orange Chorale, San Francisco, California, 2018
Adjunct Instructor in Orchestration, Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, 2017
Voice Instructor, Euless Junior High School, Euless, Texas, 2016
Voice Instructor, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas, 2015-16
Alto, Vox Humana, Dallas, Texas, 2013-16
Voice Instructor, Keller High School, Keller, Texas, 2014-15
Alto, New World Voices, Dallas, Texas, 2014-15
Soloist-Section Leader, University Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, 2013-15
Voice Instructor, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012-14

Publications

De colores, SSA chorus and piano; La Voz Music Publishing, 2023
De colores, TBB chorus and piano; La Voz Music Publishing, 2023
Patterns on the Snow, SATB chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2023
Patterns on the Snow, SSAA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2020
Sérénade italienne, TBB chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2020
Les Papillons, SSA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2017
Le Colibri, SSA chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2017
Hébé, SSA chorus and harp or piano; Walton Music, 2015
The Cloths of Heaven, SSA chorus and piano or strings and harp; earthsongs, 2015
The Cloths of Heaven, SATB chorus and piano or strings and harp; earthsongs, 2010

Residencies

Featured Guest-Presenter, Songbird Symposium, Fort Worth, Texas, June 2023
presented “An Introduction to the Soprano-Alto Choral Works of Mari Esabel Valverde,” a survey of my choral catalogue for treble voices

Artist-in-Residence, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, March 2023
workshopped treble choirs on two original works; participated in a Q&A session on my career as a composer of choral music

Featured Guest-Presenter, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2023
taught private voice lessons to transgender and non-binary singers; presented an updated iteration of “Expanding Definitions of ‘Woman’: Singing Authentically” recounting the story of my vocal transition; and sang a short classical vocal recital

Featured Guest-Presenter, The Conductor’s Experience, San Angelo, Texas, July 2022
had five original works used as required repertoire in three choral conducting seminars; presented on transgender choral and vocal pedagogy; presented “On Composing for the Voice: Purpose and Process” to discuss text analysis and compositional process; and participated in a Q&A session on my career as a composer of choral music

Artist-in-Residence, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, April 2022
visited with music composition students to offer professional mentorship; participated in a Q&A session on my career as a transgender composer in classical music; workshopped voice students on original art songs; and presented on transgender choral and vocal pedagogy

Artist-in-Residence, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, March 2019
workshopped the tenor-bass choir on an original work; visited with students in the “Music, Gender, and Sexuality” and “Choral Literature” courses; presented “Believe My Story: An Intersectional Talk on Consent and Shame”; was interviewed in a “Community Conversation on Trans Identity”; met with wellness peer educators and Sexual Assault Resource Network student advocates for an informal training on transgender health; and performed “Transvocality: An Exposé of My Musical Journey,” a half-voice, half-composition recital

Featured Guest-Presenter, Transgender Voices Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2018
taught private voice lessons to transgender and non-binary singers; presented “Expanding Definitions of ‘Woman’: Singing Authentically” and instructed transgender women in speech and singing in an open voice coaching; and sang a classical set in an all-transgender cabaret

Artist-in-Residence, West Valley College, Saratoga, California, October 2017
workshopped mixed choir on an original work; clinicked chamber singers; assisted in music theory and musicianship courses; spoke to music majors on the profession; and led a “campus conversation” on social justice, privilege, and intersectionality

Artist-in-Residence, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, November 2015
workshopped mixed and treble choruses on three original works; led a voice masterclass for two studios; taught private voice and composition lessons; and led formal discussions on LGBTQ-related professional and social justice matters

Awards and Honors

2019 Choral work Cantares selected in the 2019 Maryland Senior All-State Treble Chorus repertoire and performed in Baltimore
Choral work When Thunder Comes selected in the 2019 Texas All-State Treble Choir repertoire and performed in San Antonio
2018 Third place winner for the 2017-18 American Prize in Composition “Music for Chorus” in the Professional Division for choral work When Thunder Comes
Choral work Le Colibri selected in the 2018 New Jersey All-State Treble Chorus repertoire and performed in Newark
2017 First place winner in Boston Choral Ensemble’s 2017 Commission Competition
Art song The Lady and the Tiger selected as a finalist in the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2017 Composition Contest
Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2017 Wyoming All-State Choir repertoire and performed in Cody
2016 Choral work Our Phoenix commissioned by GALA Choruses’ Consortium Choirs for their mass performance at the quadrennial GALA Choruses Festival
Choral work Darest, O Soul recorded on Ensemble Vocapella’s album
Vom Werden und Vergehen—Songs of Life and Death in Limburg, Germany and released in March
Choral work Hébé selected in the 2016 Washington All-State Treble Choir repertoire and performed in Yakima
2014 ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2013
Choral work Hold the Vision to Our Hearts commissioned by Chi-Chi King and Keller High School Varsity Women’s Choir for their performance as an Honor Choir at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) annual convention
2013 ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2012
Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2013 Florida All-State Concert Chorus repertoire and performed in Tampa
2012 ASCAP PLUS Award for notable performances in 2011
Choral work Still wie die Nacht selected as one of six finalists in the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition 2012
2011 Choral work The Cloths of Heaven selected in the 2011 Massachusetts All-State Chorus repertoire and performed in Boston
2009 Choral work Après un rêve selected for review in masterclass with Samuel Adler
Brass quintet Man in the Top Hat takes second place in Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Collegiate Composition Contest, division of chamber music
2007 Semi-finalist in National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition
2006 Member of the Texas All-State Choir 2004, 2005, and 2006

Organizations

Chorus America, since 2022
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), since 2010
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), since 2008