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The Cuban-American soprano, Amaranta Viera, holds a degree in English literature from Williams College (1996) and studied Historical Performance at the Mannes College of Music.
Amaranta Viera is in demand as a soloist and collaborative artist. She has been featured in the USA and abroad with ensembles ranging from the Choir of Trinity Wall Street to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in repertoire spanning a millennium. Solo credits include The Divine Feminine, singing Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Cozzolani, with the Open Gates Project; excerpts from Korine Fujiwara’s opera The Flood at Weill Recital Hall; A Holiday Tapestry with the Greenwich Choral Society; Médée Furieuse with Ensemble Leonarda on the GEMS Midtown Concert Series; Siete Canciones de Amigo with the Alba Consort; the New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Messiah excerpts with the Bronx Arts Ensemble; Satrap in the critically-acclaimed recent revival of The Play of Daniel at the Cloisters and on tour; and Ann Hamilton and David Lang’s Event of a Thread at the Park Avenue Armory.
Amaranta Viera is also a sought-after ensemble singer. She frequently performs and records with GRAMMY®-nominees the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Voices of Ascension, as well as with Musica Sacra, the Choir of St. John the Divine, and the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola for their concert series’. She appears regularly in works for symphonic choir with the Concert Chorale of New York and New York Choral Artists in collaboration with the Mostly Mozart Festival and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and Wiener Philharmoniker.
Current independent projects include Of Mothers Most Distressed, which explores the separation of mothers and children at the USA-Mexico border through the lens of Marian song, and Sustenance and Courage, an inquiry into the purpose of art in times of crisis drawn from the solo and ensemble music of early 17th century Germany.
Amaranta Viera is the Vocal Coordinator at Washington Heights Choir School and maintains a private voice studio. She’s also a sought-out choral/vocal clinician – recent engagements include the New York Choral Consortium and the Episcopal Diocese of New York’s children’s choral program. |
