Wilmia Verrier Quiñones

MUSIC ADVISOR, MExico

Choir director and Cuban teacher, Wilmia has a Master's degree in Music with a focus on Choral Direction from the University of the Arts (ISA) in Havana, Cuba. We are pleased to have her as a part of I Have a Voice Orphans Choirs from July, 2022.

She graduated in 2002 from Choral Direction of that same institution under the tutelage of teacher María Felicia Pérez. She has taught at the National School of Music (ENA), at the University of the Arts (ISA), at Conservatories in Havana and at the National Conservatory of Music in La Paz, Bolivia. 

Between the years of 2011 and 2018, she was Director of the professional female group Ensemble Vocal Luna which participated in National and International Festivals and shared the stage with prestigious Cuban and foreign groups. Her work in leading the group was punctuated by the two gold medals they won at the X World Choral Olympics in Tshwane, South Africa in 2018. 

Wilmia has directed choirs internationally and taught workshops in countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala, Argentina, Jamaica, South Africa, and Mexico. She is the creator and member of the artistic-directive committee of FICFE, International Festival of Women's Choirs of Latin America. She is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

She is currently based in Guadalajara, Mexico and has worked closely with Elizabeth Espejel Cruz to help ensure our program is conducted with the highest quality of professionalism.