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Maya Miro Johnson (age 23) is a composer and interdisciplinary artist from Salt Lake City, Utah, currently based in New Haven, Connecticut. Her work researches cyborgization, bodypolitics, (dis)ability, and feminist futurism. She received her bachelor’s of music from The Curtis Institute in 2024 and is currently pursuing an master’s degree in composition at Yale University. Also trained in dance/theater/video, she has created for Ensemble Intercontemporain, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Festival, loadbang, Rock School of Ballet, Barnes Foundation Moab Music Festival, Baltic Sea Festival, and Copland House. Winner of BMI Schuman and Surinach Prizes, she appears on albums #What2020LooksLike, This is America, Manuscripts Don’t Burn, and the documentary, The Conductor. She has served as a cover for the Minnesota Orchestra and attended Cabrillo, Aspen, and Tanglewood programs.