Marina Lopez May 2026

She is a co-organizer and creative collaborator with Art.coop, linking art, culture, and care.

López began pursuing musical composition in 2012, studying under the late Dr. David Stock and later completing her Master’s degree in Musical Composition at Carnegie Mellon University under Leonardo Balada in 2018. marina lopez

Between 2020 and 2021, she developed a music program for Casa San José, a non-profit serving the Latinx community in Pittsburgh. She is a co-organizer and creative collaborator with Art

Marina López is a Mexico City-born, Pittsburgh-based composer, educator, and emerging writer recognized for blending musical genres and creating immersive artistic experiences. Her work often explores the intersection of psychological, ethnomusicological, and physical roots of her Mexican heritage. Between 2020 and 2021, she developed a music

Her work, as noted in her CreativeStudy profile, focuses on "care work is culture work," emphasizing interdisciplinary storytelling and social movement.

Her music has been performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh, Transient Canvas, Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic, and Boston’s White Snake Projects. Her opera, Not Our First American , premiered at the Pittsburgh Opera in 2019.

She has also created curricula for the Volta Music Foundation to improve access to music education in underserved communities in Latin America. Other Artistic and Social Work