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Puerto Rican soprano Yayra Sánchez, is an active performer of concerts and operas ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Yayra is an advocate of the Latin-American Art Song repertoire, and a proponent of contemporary vocal works as well. Over the years, she has had the opportunity to premier countless vocal works, from well-established and up-and-coming composers.

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Ms. Sánchez earned a BA in Literature and Languages from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico; and, both a BA and an MM in Vocal Performance, from The Boston Conservatory. She has sung in great stages, including the world-renowned including the world-renowned Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA, the Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, MA, and The Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, TX; also, at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, MA and the Centro de Bellas Artes (Performing Arts Center) in San Juan, PR. . 

 

Moreover, she is a voice teacher, the regional director and early childhood music teacher for Ladybug Music PR and, co-creator and co-producer of the children's music project: Canciones, raíces y alas, writing original, family-friendly music, in Spanish. Also, she's the voice of Hippocampus Clubhouse, en español - narrating the Spanish books found in this fun, inclusive, SEL-based story time podcast. And, she works as a freelance translator, transcriptionist and writer.