Piano
María GARCía
piano program director
María began piano studies in her native Puerto Rico at the age of four. At the age of ten she made her debut with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. She received a Bachelor’s of Music in Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. Graduate studies followed at SUNY Stony Brook where she completed a Master’s Degree in Music.
A passionate teacher and musical coach she has served on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division, the Lawrence Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College (CUNY), New Jersey City University, the 92nd Street Y School of Music, and the Stony Brook Summer Chamber Music Festival. She is part of the Award winning highly praised 20 Digitus Piano Duo with pianist Momoko Muramatsu. María is currently All Classical Portland’s Artist in Residence. She runs a private teaching studio out of her home in NE Portland.