Maria Milazzo, Director of Music

    Maria Milazzo is blessed to be the Director of Music at Nativity of Mary Church and School! As a Nativity of Mary alum, she is fulfilled and blessed to be back home doing what she loves. In the spring of 2014, Maria received her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey where she studied voice with Sally Wolf. While at Westminster, Maria participated in numerous choral performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic and various recitals, concerts, and opera performances.  

Upon her return to Kansas City in the fall of 2015, she assisted with Nativity's youth choir and fell in love with the joy of teaching! In January of 2016, Maria took the position as Director of Music at Nativity of Mary, which she has enjoyed very much, and is now blessed with the joy of also teaching music classes in our school! Since joining the Nativity of Mary staff, Maria has implemented a strong music program and has instilled the joy of musical theatre in the community with her sister, Katia. Maria enjoys ministering the parish with music at the liturgies and planning concerts for both parish and school.  

Previously, Maria could be seen as a performer in various musical productions like Cinderella, The King and I, Into the Woods, and The Sound of Music. In addition to her mission at Nativity, she is currently working on her graduate degree from the UMKC Conservatory under the direction of Dr. Maria Kanyova and has recently been seen playing the role of Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Unulfo in Handel’s Rodelinda. Maria enjoys opera, theatre, and making music with all ages!

UMKC Conservatory Spring Opera presents an intimate and captivating evening of French opera with a double-bill featuring Poulenc's La voix humaine (The Human Voice) and Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) starring our very own, Maria Milazzo, as La Princesse in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges. Maria may be seen as La Princesse in the Thursday, March 22nd at 7:30 pm and Saturday, March 24th at 7:30 pm performances. Performances are in White Recital Hall on the UMKC campus (in the same building as the KC Rep) - 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO. 64110. Tickets are $12 to the general public and FREE to UMKC faculty, staff, and all students with UMKC or valid student ID.