Mariana Yern Corzo was born in Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺 in 1992. She started studying the violin 🎻 at the age of eight, and piano 🎹 at the age of nine, at the Alejandro García Caturla Music Conservatory. In 2007 she, along with her family, emigrated to the United States 🇺🇸 and continued to pursue music at the Miami Conservatory of Music in Coconut Grove, Florida 🏝. After high school, she was accepted into Florida International University’s School of Music and received her Bachelor’s in Violin Performance and Music Education in 2015 🎓. 

Mariana then completed and received her Master’s in Music Education at F.I.U. and throughout her graduate career, she continued to study the violin under the tutelage of violinist Marcia Littley, who studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in Manhattan, New York. In 2015, Mariana won First Place in F.I.U.’s annual Concerto Competition and, accompanied by the university’s orchestra, played Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, under the direction of world-renowned Chilean conductor Maximiano Valdés. 

An educator at heart, Mrs. Corzo loves to teach! She has taught music at her local school district and online, running her own private studio for a decade. She has earned a 5-star (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) on the popular online learning platform OutSchool, with over 130 reviews. But she is also passionate about performing. She plays violin at home with her husband Isaac Corzo and sometimes at gigs and special events. Mariana and Isaac married in 2015 and both live in Miami, Florida with their two children.

Teaching Philosophy

Mrs. Corzo’s Teaching Philosophy is to kindle in her students a love for music and learning that will take them where they wish to go in life. She believes that talent, effort, and perseverance all play a part in the success of students in music, but considers perseverance to be the most determining factor. Therefore, Mariana strives to foster solid practice habits, determination, and the continual enjoyment of music in her students, which will allow them to persevere through the challenges of learning an instrument, and thereby become great musicians.