Mariana Corichi Gómez is a conductor and vocalist from Mexico City. Current Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, Mariana studies under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. A bicultural artist, Mariana seeks to celebrate her musical traditions and identities through her work on the podium. The first Latina in the Curtis Conducting Program, Mariana will make her Kimmel Center Debut conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in concert, where she will share the stage with Yannick and Yuja Wang. In the summer season, Mariana will guest conduct at Mannes Opera and serve as Resident Artist Assistant Conductor at the Glimmerglass Festival.

She has recently worked with the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute at the Kennedy Center, Curtis Opera Theater, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Georgetown University Orchestra, University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, and made her pit debut in a performance of Florencia en el Amazonas with the Maryland Opera Studio. In 2023, she served as a Conducting Fellow with the NOI + F Philharmonic, where she was mentored by Marin Alsop.

At Curtis, Mariana will be the first conductor to complete a three-year fellowship in operatic and symphonic conducting, working closely with Curtis Opera Theater faculty and singers. Recently, Mariana music directed the world premiere of one-act opera Rhiannon’s Condemnation and assistant conducted Le Nozze di Figaro. Previously, she served as Assistant Conductor to the Maryland Opera Studio, where she conducted works by Puccini, Britten, Mozart, Mazzoli, and Catán.

Equally comfortable conducting orchestras and choirs, Mariana served as the Associate Director of Choirs at Princeton University. In this role, she co-directed the Princeton University Glee Club along with its new ensemble, Alegría, a choir dedicated to Latin American & Latino repertoire. As Associate Director, Mariana conducted orchestral ensembles of the collegiate and professional level, including a performance with NYC artist-led collective, Decoda.

Mariana is passionate about accessible-music education and community music making. She has worked as a teaching artist with the Yale School of Music, Music in Schools Initiative and Trenton Arts at Princeton, conducting the choral ensembles. She served as the Director of Trenton Youth Singers, a youth choir for public school students in the greater Trenton area. In her role as Program Associate for Trenton Arts at Princeton, Mariana helped coordinate the “The Neighborhood Music Project” in conjunction with Princeton University Concerts, where she worked with artists such as Conrad Tao, Caleb Teicher, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason. In 2024, Mariana started a choir at the Carver High School of Engineering and Science in North Philadelphia.

As a consort singer, Mariana has the pleasure of performing with acclaimed professional choirs in the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2024, Mariana joined the roster of the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers and made her debut in a Juneteenth performance beside Wynton Marsalis. In 2019, Mariana sang as a guest artist with Grammy-nominated choir Tenebrae, as part of their Russian Treasures regional tour. She sang with the consort group Gallicantus in Death of Classical’s concert series presenting Mass for the Endangered, written by Sarah Kirkland Snider. Mariana has workshopped and premiered roles in new operas and music theater pieces, as well as performed solo recitals of Latin American and Spanish repertoire.

As a composer, Mariana explores themes of memory, grief, and cultural dissonance. She presented her original song cycle, La Casa del Árbol: An Immigrant’s Story of Loss and Forgiveness as her senior thesis. She is a past recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts and the Edward T. Cone Memorial Prize, both presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in performance, execution, or composition in one of the arts.

Mariana has conducted ensembles in the United States, Europe, and Mexico, including a performance in Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli in Mexico City. For three years, she served as Music Director of Princeton Camerata, a chamber orchestra championing new works. At Curtis, Mariana is also mentored by Jim Ross and Dr. Ford Lallerstedt. Further conducting studies include masterclasses with Gustavo Dudamel, Jonathon Heyward, and Joseph Young.

In 2021, Mariana graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University. She received her Masters of Music in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Maryland, studying under David Neely. In her career, Mariana seeks cross-disciplinary collaborations as a means of centering underrepresented stories. As an educator, Mariana offers private lessons in musicianship at all levels, voice, and conducting.