Johanny
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COMPOSER

A Puerto Rican-born composer known for her music inspired by Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, blending vibrant rhythms with contemporary forms. 

Her work spans opera, orchestral, and chamber music, with commissions from prominent organizations such as the Multicultural Music Group, Boston Opera Collaborative, American Lyric Theater, The Victory Players, American Harp Society, and Emory University Symphony Orchestra.

Acclaimed for her operatic achievements, receiving Opera America’s Discovery Grant for ¿Y los Pasteles? (2022) and being a finalist in Atlanta Opera’s “96-Hour Opera Project” with Atlanta: 1906. As the Schwartz Artist-in-Residence, she premiered Marejada de los muertos (2023). Currently, she is developing the comedic opera Working for the Macbeths with librettist Marcus Yi.

Johanny's Work

Marejada de los Muertos

Full orchestra inspired in a recurrent atmospheric phenomenon in the Caribbean

¿Y los Pasteles?

A "jibaro" opera in two acts

Belén

A Sacred Chant to my Ancestors

Suite Bombástica

Harp and Cello

Aprende de tu Madre-Aria

From ¿Y los Pasteles? A "jibaro" opera in two acts

Macduff and Macbeth Battle Scene

WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS

Johanny
Navarro

COMPOSER

A Puerto Rican-born composer known for her music inspired by Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, blending vibrant rhythms with contemporary forms. 

Her work spans opera, orchestral, and chamber music, with commissions from prominent organizations such as the Multicultural Music Group, Boston Opera Collaborative, American Lyric Theater, The Victory Players, American Harp Society, and Emory University Symphony Orchestra.

Acclaimed for her operatic achievements, receiving Opera America’s Discovery Grant for ¿Y los Pasteles? (2022) and being a finalist in Atlanta Opera’s “96-Hour Opera Project” with Atlanta: 1906. As the Schwartz Artist-in-Residence, she premiered Marejada de los muertos (2023). Currently, she is developing the comedic opera Working for the Macbeths with librettist Marcus Yi.

Johanny's Work

Marejada de los Muertos

Full orchestra inspired in a recurrent atmospheric phenomenon in the Caribbean

¿Y los Pasteles?

A "jibaro" opera in two acts

Belén

A Sacred Chant to my Ancestors

Suite Bombástica

Harp and Cello

Aprende de tu Madre-Aria

From ¿Y los Pasteles? A "jibaro" opera in two acts

Macduff and Macbeth Battle Scene

WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS