Lyric soprano located in Arlington. She was born in Lima, Peru and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2017 at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She discovered her passion for classical music at university and became part of the Choir and Chamber Ensemble of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru under the direction of Juana La Rosa Urbani. She has performed works from different composers, such as: Handle’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem,Mass in C minor, Dvorak’s Mass in D, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. In 2017 she was part of the Lyrical Gala for the 100th anniversary of the university, performing the “Polovtsian Dances from Price Igor” by Alexander Borodin in the Grand National Theater of Peru. In 2019 was accepted to pursue a Vocal Performance degree at the University of Texas at Arlington where she graduated in 2023, and performed scenes from “La Boheme”, “Streetcar Named Desire”, “The Old Maid and the Thief”, “L’elisir d’amore”, and “Carmen”. In 2022 she became a member of The Dallas Symphony Chorus, performing works such as: Lehar’s The Merry Widow, Verdi’s Requiem, and Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, conducted by Maestro Fabio Luisi, as well as Paul McCreesh. In 2022 she traveled to Lucca, Italy and has taken lesson from maestro Giancarlo Monsalve Leyton, and Stefano Adabbo. She will travel to Sarasota as part of Jennifer Rowley’s Summer Bootcamp Aria, and is currently is part of Vincerò Academy.
You can find Mayra’s 2023 Contemporary Music Competition vocal performance here.