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

Fellowship Mentor, Luna Composition Lab, New York, New York, since 2024
Alto, Border CrosSing, St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2023
Arranger, La Voz Music Publishing, Aberdeen, North Carolina, since 2023
Alto, EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble, Detroit, Michigan, since 2018
Composer-Arranger, Walton Music, Chicago, Illinois, since 2014
Translator, since 2013
Composer, earthsongs, Corvallis, Oregon, since 2010
Composer, since 2008
Artist-in-Residence, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2024-25
Alto, Dallas Chamber Choir, Dallas, Texas, 2014-24
Honorable Mention Mentor, Luna Composition Lab, New York, New York, 2023-24
Composer, Consortio, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2018-23
Voice Instructor, Your Lessons Now LLC, Vancouver, Washington, 2020-22
Alto, Pasión, McAllen, Texas, 2021
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

Du bist wie eine Blume, TBB chorus and piano; Walton Music, 2025
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

Composer-in-Residence, Open Space New Music Festival, the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, March 2025
visited composition studio class to speak on my career as a composer and on how to find collaborators; visited music business class to discuss performance rights organizations, commissions, contracts, music publishing, and licensing; co-taught nine private composition lessons to students, undergraduate through graduate; workshopped choirs, the new music ensemble, and faculty artists on nine original works to be performed in the festival recital; and introduced my works in the festival recital

Composer-in-Residence, New American Composers Series, Seattle Pro Musica and Seattle-Area Public Schools, Seattle, Washington, March 2025
visited Evergreen and Jane Addams Middle Schools to speak on my career as a composer; workshopped Lincoln High School and Seattle Girls Chorus on an original work; arranged and rehearsed a short original work at Ballard High School; taught a Mexican folk song to seven classes at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School; clinicked Seattle Pro Musica on five original works including a commissioned original work to be premiered; and participated in pre-concert talks, hosted by artistic director Karen P. Thomas, with poet Amir Rabiyah

Featured Guest-Presenter, Iowa Choral Directors Association Summer Symposium,
Pella, Iowa, July 2024
presented “On Composing for the Voice: Purpose and Process,” to discuss text analysis and compositional process; “The Mixed Voice and Soprano-Alto Choral Works of Mari Esabel Valverde,” a survey of my choral catalogue; and “Singing Authentically: Transgender Vocal Pedagogy for Everybody,” to discuss my vocal transition, challenge preconceptions around trans voices, and share resources for vocal training

Artist-in-Residence, Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon, April 2024
rehearsed non-auditioned and auditioned choirs and conducted them in a concert featuring five of my original works; presented “On Composing for the Voice: Purpose and Process” to discuss text analysis and compositional process; led a voice masterclass working with transgender students; presented on transgender choral and vocal pedagogy; presented “What I Wish Choral Directors Knew” to discuss how a composer makes an income, publishing vs. self-publishing, and compositional choices in my music; and participated in a Q&A session on my career as a composer in classical music

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 in classical 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, Angelo State University, 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 composer in classical music; workshopped voice students on original works; 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