Maya Miro Johnson

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The work of composer-performer Maya Miro Johnson researches the sonic aesthetics of illness in the performing body & has been performed on 3 continents. Commissions: Ensemble Intercontemporain, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Festival, loadbang, Rock School of Ballet, Barnes Foundation, Cincinnati May Festival, UC Davis, Moab Music Festival, De Orkest Ereprijs, Baltic Sea Festival, Johnny Gandelsman, & Inna Faliks. Honors: Yale's Fox Memorial & Creative Entrepreneurship Audience Choice Prizes, BMP’s 2021 Next Gen, 2024 NYYS First Music, 2020 BMI Schuman & Surinach Prizes. Albums #What2020LooksLike, This is America, Manuscripts Don’t Burn, Hildegard and Her Sisters, & The Conductor, & covered BIS Records’ Mahler Symphony No. 8. Summer festivals: Cabrillo, Copland House, Bergen International, Aspen, soundSCAPE, Tanglewood, Lucerne, Darmstadt, & IYCA Ticino festivals. Education: Curtis Institute of Music (BM '24, Cassella Award), Yale School of Music (MM '26).

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Lynchiana (2025, Kajimoto Version)

Lynchiana (2025, Kajimoto Version) Maya Miro Johnson

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(un)aspirated (2025)

(un)aspirated (2025) Maya Miro Johnson

173 views - 4 months ago

Waiting Room (from "Patience")

Waiting Room (from "Patience") Maya Miro Johnson

140 views - 5 months ago

Self-Portrait with White Coat (Appointment Scene from "Patience")

Self-Portrait with White Coat (Appointment Scene from "Patience") Maya Miro Johnson

124 views - 6 months ago

bruises (disambiguation)

bruises (disambiguation) Maya Miro Johnson

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Violin Concerto (arr. 2025 for soloists, chamber orchestra, and pipe organ)

Violin Concerto (arr. 2025 for soloists, chamber orchestra, and pipe organ) Maya Miro Johnson

187 views - 7 months ago

Angelus Novus (2025)

Angelus Novus (2025) Maya Miro Johnson

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(sic) Maya Miro Johnson

148 views - 1 year ago

Jaebong Rho: agitpropiece (2025)

Jaebong Rho: agitpropiece (2025) Maya Miro Johnson

234 views - 1 year ago

Echo Chamber (2024)

Echo Chamber (2024) Maya Miro Johnson

85 views - 1 year ago

Play in One Act (Ferdowsi, Hernandez, Miro Johnson, Pirasteh)

Play in One Act (Ferdowsi, Hernandez, Miro Johnson, Pirasteh) Maya Miro Johnson

86 views - 1 year ago

Ritual in Transfigured Time II

Ritual in Transfigured Time II Maya Miro Johnson

256 views - 1 year ago

Violin Concerto (full multi-movement)

Violin Concerto (full multi-movement) Maya Miro Johnson

756 views - 1 year ago

Violin Concerto: I. sent(i)ence

Violin Concerto: I. sent(i)ence Maya Miro Johnson

302 views - 1 year ago

come cut me open // Tanglewood Music Center

come cut me open // Tanglewood Music Center Maya Miro Johnson

145 views - 1 year ago

Excerpts from Dos Voglenish (work in progress)

Excerpts from Dos Voglenish (work in progress) Maya Miro Johnson

258 views - 1 year ago

White Coat Syndrome -- multi-cam

White Coat Syndrome -- multi-cam Maya Miro Johnson

173 views - 2 years ago

Laurie Anderson: O Superman, arr. Maya Miro Johnson (2024) -- multi-cam

Laurie Anderson: O Superman, arr. Maya Miro Johnson (2024) -- multi-cam Maya Miro Johnson

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Corps (2022) -- multi-cam

Corps (2022) -- multi-cam Maya Miro Johnson

102 views - 2 years ago

bruises paraphrase (2024) -- multi-cam

bruises paraphrase (2024) -- multi-cam Maya Miro Johnson

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bruises paraphrase (2024) -- single camera

bruises paraphrase (2024) -- single camera Maya Miro Johnson

42 views - 2 years ago

Laurie Anderson: O Superman (arr. Maya Miro Johnson) -- single cam

Laurie Anderson: O Superman (arr. Maya Miro Johnson) -- single cam Maya Miro Johnson

219 views - 2 years ago

figurations (improvisation) -- multi-cam

figurations (improvisation) -- multi-cam Maya Miro Johnson

74 views - 2 years ago

come cut me open (2023)

come cut me open (2023) Maya Miro Johnson

139 views - 2 years ago

Violin Concerto: II. sire(n) [multi-cam]

Violin Concerto: II. sire(n) [multi-cam] Maya Miro Johnson

192 views - 2 years ago

MiroJohnson_bruises_FullRecording

MiroJohnson_bruises_FullRecording Maya Miro Johnson

303 views - 2 years ago

Violin Concerto: II. sire(n)

Violin Concerto: II. sire(n) Maya Miro Johnson

202 views - 2 years ago

Strange Father! (2023)

Strange Father! (2023) Maya Miro Johnson

246 views - 2 years ago

Sketches (Residence in New England, Vol. 1)

Sketches (Residence in New England, Vol. 1) Maya Miro Johnson

91 views - 2 years ago

You May Resume Breathing (2022)

You May Resume Breathing (2022) Maya Miro Johnson

316 views - 3 years ago

Cover Song (2022)

Cover Song (2022) Maya Miro Johnson

267 views - 3 years ago

Benjamin Patterson: Paper Piece

Benjamin Patterson: Paper Piece Maya Miro Johnson

308 views - 3 years ago

zugswang (sic) b)

zugswang (sic) b) Maya Miro Johnson

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zugswang b) (Multi-Cam Recording)

zugswang b) (Multi-Cam Recording) Maya Miro Johnson

162 views - 4 years ago

zugswang a) for electroacoustic metainstrument

zugswang a) for electroacoustic metainstrument Maya Miro Johnson

209 views - 4 years ago

Mozart: "Parto, parto" from La Clemenza di Tito, with Key'mon W. Murrah

Mozart: "Parto, parto" from La Clemenza di Tito, with Key'mon W. Murrah Maya Miro Johnson

482 views - 4 years ago

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1, II. with Yoomin Seo

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1, II. with Yoomin Seo Maya Miro Johnson

673 views - 4 years ago

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks, I.

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks, I. Maya Miro Johnson

416 views - 4 years ago

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, IV.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, IV. Maya Miro Johnson

250 views - 4 years ago

Adam Schoenberg: Finding Rothko (Mvt. IV. Wine)

Adam Schoenberg: Finding Rothko (Mvt. IV. Wine) Maya Miro Johnson

675 views - 4 years ago

Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin (2014)

Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin (2014) Maya Miro Johnson

126 views - 4 years ago

Devin Maxwell: PH12 (World Premiere)

Devin Maxwell: PH12 (World Premiere) Maya Miro Johnson

52 views - 4 years ago

Matthias Pintscher: Study III for Treatise on the Veil (2007)

Matthias Pintscher: Study III for Treatise on the Veil (2007) Maya Miro Johnson

87 views - 4 years ago

Tania León: Axon (2002)

Tania León: Axon (2002) Maya Miro Johnson

204 views - 4 years ago

BMP Next Gen: when icarus fell, was there a splash?: Excerpts from Part I

BMP Next Gen: when icarus fell, was there a splash?: Excerpts from Part I Maya Miro Johnson

333 views - 4 years ago

Breakage Maya Miro Johnson

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Life after death?

Life after death? Maya Miro Johnson

203 views - 5 years ago

Accidental Piece

Accidental Piece Maya Miro Johnson

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Nouveau: new music for violin

Nouveau: new music for violin Maya Miro Johnson

353 views - 5 years ago

Nouveau Trailer

Nouveau Trailer Maya Miro Johnson

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The Negation of Art

The Negation of Art Maya Miro Johnson

144 views - 5 years ago

when icarus fell, was there a splash? (Part I): conductor angle excerpt

when icarus fell, was there a splash? (Part I): conductor angle excerpt Maya Miro Johnson

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Bodypolitik Maya Miro Johnson

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“atonality is the jewish curse upon music” [volkstänze ii)

“atonality is the jewish curse upon music” [volkstänze ii) Maya Miro Johnson

285 views - 5 years ago

Manifesto Maya Miro Johnson

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Catechism Maya Miro Johnson

171 views - 5 years ago

Cognitive Dissonance, or, the inevitability of downfall does not necessarily negate its shock

Cognitive Dissonance, or, the inevitability of downfall does not necessarily negate its shock Maya Miro Johnson

200 views - 5 years ago

celibidache is not dead

celibidache is not dead Maya Miro Johnson

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Chaconne Maya Miro Johnson

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Bushara: J'accuse...! (x4)

Bushara: J'accuse...! (x4) Maya Miro Johnson

121 views - 5 years ago