COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE SUMMER INSTITUTE
a summer intensive in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Maria recently made a journey of discovery to Italy to study and receive a certification in the physical pedagogy of Commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonio Fava at his Scuola Internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte in Reggio Emilia.
International School of Comic Acting
KISMET IN CONCERT
celebrating 42nd Street Moon's 25th season
Moon kicked off its 25th Anniversary with a magnificent benefit concert production of this Tony-winning 1953 musical featuring a 23-piece orchestra—the biggest in our history! This lush tapestry of romance and melody features favorites “Stranger in Paradise” and “Baubles, Bangles and Beads.”
Meet The Cast
THE FOURTH MESSENGER
a new musical cast album
This new musical by beloved singer/songwriter Vienna Teng and award-winning playwright Tanya Shaffer re-imagines the Buddha legend in a contemporary setting, with a female “awakened one” with a hidden past. Epic and intimate, comic and profound, it explores what it means to be both enlightened and flawed. The upcoming album of songs from The Fourth Messenger stars Vienna Teng alongside a supporting cast of twenty spectacular singers and a chamber band. Available for pre-order as CD or digital download; the complete script is also available for pre-order in PDF or book form.
Listen to Select Album Tracks
SONGS OF ASCENSION PREMIERE WITH MEREDITH MONK
a Pacific Edge Voices collaboration
As a member of the Grammy-nominated chorus Pacific Edge Voices, Maria has had the opportunity to perform with Meredith Monk in the world premiere performance of her newly commissioned work, Songs of Ascension, which she created in collaboration with visual artist Ann Hamilton. Following one public performance as part of the Stanford Lively Arts series, this work was performed at the private, art-filled Oliver Ranch in Geyserville, presented inside the astonishing acoustic Tower that Hamilton unveiled. A site-specific musical and theatrical experience, Songs of Ascension was performed at dusk in natural light, and was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience
Find out more about Songs of Ascension here
SONGS OF PRAISE BY DAVE BRUBECK
a world premiere album recorded at Skywalker Sound
Pacific Edge Voices (one of the Bay Area's most innovative choruses) released the first in a series of CDs of the sacred choral music of Jazz legend Dave Brubeck. With a grant received from the National Endowment for the Arts, Songs of Praise also features the Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco, and was recorded on the Dorian Label at George Lucas' Skywalker Studio.
Order CD Here
THE BRACEBRIDGE DINNER AT YOSEMITE
a spectacular Christmas pageant
For two seasons Maria joined the cast of The Bracebridge Dinner, a prestigious annual holiday pageant of music, dining, and dance held since 1927 at the historic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley, transforming the grand dining room into the majestic Manor Hall of American author Washington Irving's legendary "Squire Bracebridge."
a summer intensive in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Maria recently made a journey of discovery to Italy to study and receive a certification in the physical pedagogy of Commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonio Fava at his Scuola Internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte in Reggio Emilia.
International School of Comic Acting
KISMET IN CONCERT
celebrating 42nd Street Moon's 25th season
Moon kicked off its 25th Anniversary with a magnificent benefit concert production of this Tony-winning 1953 musical featuring a 23-piece orchestra—the biggest in our history! This lush tapestry of romance and melody features favorites “Stranger in Paradise” and “Baubles, Bangles and Beads.”
Meet The Cast
THE FOURTH MESSENGER
a new musical cast album
This new musical by beloved singer/songwriter Vienna Teng and award-winning playwright Tanya Shaffer re-imagines the Buddha legend in a contemporary setting, with a female “awakened one” with a hidden past. Epic and intimate, comic and profound, it explores what it means to be both enlightened and flawed. The upcoming album of songs from The Fourth Messenger stars Vienna Teng alongside a supporting cast of twenty spectacular singers and a chamber band. Available for pre-order as CD or digital download; the complete script is also available for pre-order in PDF or book form.
Listen to Select Album Tracks
SONGS OF ASCENSION PREMIERE WITH MEREDITH MONK
a Pacific Edge Voices collaboration
As a member of the Grammy-nominated chorus Pacific Edge Voices, Maria has had the opportunity to perform with Meredith Monk in the world premiere performance of her newly commissioned work, Songs of Ascension, which she created in collaboration with visual artist Ann Hamilton. Following one public performance as part of the Stanford Lively Arts series, this work was performed at the private, art-filled Oliver Ranch in Geyserville, presented inside the astonishing acoustic Tower that Hamilton unveiled. A site-specific musical and theatrical experience, Songs of Ascension was performed at dusk in natural light, and was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience
Find out more about Songs of Ascension here
SONGS OF PRAISE BY DAVE BRUBECK
a world premiere album recorded at Skywalker Sound
Pacific Edge Voices (one of the Bay Area's most innovative choruses) released the first in a series of CDs of the sacred choral music of Jazz legend Dave Brubeck. With a grant received from the National Endowment for the Arts, Songs of Praise also features the Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco, and was recorded on the Dorian Label at George Lucas' Skywalker Studio.
Order CD Here
THE BRACEBRIDGE DINNER AT YOSEMITE
a spectacular Christmas pageant
For two seasons Maria joined the cast of The Bracebridge Dinner, a prestigious annual holiday pageant of music, dining, and dance held since 1927 at the historic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley, transforming the grand dining room into the majestic Manor Hall of American author Washington Irving's legendary "Squire Bracebridge."