Mari Esabel Valverde, Composer

Works “of shimmering beauty”

—Toronto’s The WholeNote

Award-winning transgender Mexican-American composer Mari Esabel Valverde, whose music has been described as “heart-stopping” (BBC Music Magazine), has composed art songs, chamber music, and works for chorus, orchestra, and wind ensemble. Her choral music has been performed throughout the United States and abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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Recent News

  • New in 2024: Browse my choral catalogue on Graphite Marketplace and get my music in your hands faster than ever before! …Continue reading

  • A new SATB voicing of Patterns on the Snow in addition to the original SSAA version is available through Walton Music! …Continue reading

  • Four choral arrangements of Chausson songs—Les Papillons, Sérénade italienne, Hébé, and Le Colibri—are available via Walton Music. …Continue reading

  • I’m excited to join La Voz Music Publishing’s catalogue with my arrangement of De colores in both SSA and TBB Voicings. …Continue reading

  • YourClassical’s Mya Temanson spoke with Mari Esabel Valverde as part of Pride Month and asked the question, “How can you support the work of trans artists?” Listen on YourClassical here. Or Listen Here: …Continue reading

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc.’s HearTogether Podcast hosted Mari Esabel Valverde for a discussion with Khadija Mbowe about how she learned to overcome self-doubt, why “respect” is a trap, and why she loves icy people as much as she loves icy weather.  …Continue reading

Upcoming Performances

  • 17 February 2026

    Bloomington, Illinois

    The Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir, conducted by Cody Parrott, sings When Thunder Comes in their Tour Concerts at Evelyn Chapel

  • 21 February 2026

    Seattle, Washington

    Nothing Gold sings Before Spring in their concert “Like a Petal” at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center

  • 22 February 2026

    Grand Forks, North Dakota

    Tenor Justin Montigne and pianist Ling Lo perform Så tag mit hjerte and Mit hjerte er blevet borte from To digte af Tove Ditlevsen in his recital “Mélodies Passagères: Songs of Longing and Belonging” at the Josephine Campbell Recital Hall at the University of North Dakota

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Performance Spotlights

Albums

No Choice But Love: Songs of the LGBTQ+ Community

Eric Ferring and Madeline Slettedahl

Work: To digte af Tove Ditlevsen/Two Tove Ditlevsen Poems

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The COVID-19 Sessions

Cantus

Work: Darest, O Soul

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The Choral Music of Jasmine Barnes, Jean Ahn, and Mari Esabel Valverde

Tapestry and Billy Janiszewski

Works: Wondrous Glow, Oracle of Spring, Best Wishes

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