{"id":3260,"date":"2025-03-20T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/convimus.com\/?page_id=3260"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:18:48","slug":"maria-montano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/convimus.com\/en\/maria-montano\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria-Montano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3260\" class=\"elementor elementor-3260\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-454fda3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"454fda3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e95530e\" data-id=\"e95530e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed9f31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ed9f31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maria Montano, Viola<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-315b48d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"315b48d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96e88bd\" data-id=\"96e88bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768baed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"768baed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/convimus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/MARIA-MONTANO-r346z9yuqjf6xd0pc01q1ig1c7u4u3xrnjhvgah5ow.jpg\" title=\"MARIA MONTANO\" alt=\"MARIA MONTANO\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df089f\" data-id=\"5df089f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93b0c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93b0c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: justify; font-weight: 400;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Maria Montano began her musical studies in Venezuela through the renowned El Sistema Youth Orchestra Network. She later moved to the United States to continue her education and became an active contributor to the musical scene in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Dr. Montano is the co-founder of Strings Avenue Studio, where she has built a thriving viola studio.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She served as Director of Programs and Viola Coach for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras (MCYO) and was previously on the faculties of Levine Music and the Landon School. As a performer, Dr. Montano has held positions with the Alexandria Symphony, National Philharmonic, Vox Amadeus Ensemble, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and served as Assistant Principal Viola of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber musician, she regularly performs with the Strings Avenue Ensemble and the Musica Viva Orchestra and has been on the faculty of the Douro Strings Academy in Portugal.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Montano holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her principal mentors include violists Katherine Murdock, Daniel Foster, Michael Tree, Hsiaopei Lee, Michael Kimber, and Tomas Fajardo.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77483a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77483a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3102fa\" data-id=\"b3102fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1067340 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1067340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/convimus.com\/en\/artists\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Montano, Viola A Dra. Maria Montano iniciou os seus estudos musicais na Venezuela atrav\u00e9s da famosa Orquestra Juvenil El Sistema. Mais tarde, mudou-se para os Estados Unidos para continuar a sua educa\u00e7\u00e3o e tornou-se uma contribuinte ativa para a cena musical na \u00e1rea metropolitana de Washington, D.C. A Dra. 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