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Our Founder
Mary Box is a conductor and pianist with extensive experience coaching many of the world's leading opera singers.
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Mary played over 40 operas at Dallas Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Austin Opera, among others.
Shifting to the podium, since 2021, Mary has conducted orchestras and operas in seven countries: the United States, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Finland, Mexico, and Egypt.
Nonprofit Leader
Mary was chosen for the 2024-2025 cohort for Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies' Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives (LINE). Through LINE, Mary is studying the latest approaches to nonprofit board governance, financial management, marketing, and fundraising to help support the Montrose Project.
How We Started
“In March of 2020, I was playing Paola Prestini’s opera Edward Tulane at Minnesota Opera when the world shut down. Like many in 2020, I had months of isolation to sit and think about my life and my purpose. When I realized that Prestini's work was the first piece I had ever played by a woman composer, I began an intentional journey of exploring and discovering repertoire by women composers. To my genuine surprise, I found a treasure trove of incredible, rarely-performed repertoire that needs to be heard.”​
-Mary Box, founder
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