![]() ![]() The sound of people singing together - the more the merrier! What is your least favorite sound or noise? What is your most favorite sound or noise? What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?įake relationships. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? What is your favorite word? There are three! Love, connections, kindness. I’d like to be able to continue to help, to bring joy to people for a long time. What is your life like now?įull with connections and extended family. Happy! Lots of family singing around the table. ![]() How would you describe your growing up years? She assiduously keeps up with her friends and family both here and in Florida as well as in Bogota, which she visits every two years. In their spare time, she and Steve (who is a professional drummer) love to go to Broadway and Comedy shows. Maria is now the Principal Conductor of YPC’s Intermezzo division, 135 boys and girls, ages 10-15 and she also oversees two after-school Community Choruses with 150 children, ages 8-14. You know the Hall really sings with you - all your senses are heightened.” “I couldn’t really see the Hall, but I was watching all the children’s faces. Happily for us she did both in 2012, making her Carnegie Hall conducting debut four years later. “It was there I met Steve in 2009, and eight years later we married in 2017.” One of her teachers told her she must go to New York City and that she HAD to work at YPC (Young People’s Chorus of New York City). It was a very tough time but my new school did have a music theory class for me, something I had always wanted to take.”Īfter graduation, she moved back to Bogota for one year to attend its music academy returning to graduate University of North Florida summa cum laude in vocal performance as well as doing a Post-Bacc study in choral conducting. “It took me almost 7 months before I was asking questions. Even though her American-born grandma and her father routinely conversed in English, Maria entered her junior year in a Florida high school with scant English of her own. Maria Peña, Soprano 1, was born in Bogota, Columbia which she, her parents, grandma and 3 brothers left in 2002 when she was 16. ![]()
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