Marcela Bastida

Marcela Bastida is a jazz composer, arranger, pianist and educator.

She received her bachelor's degree in Jazz Composition and Piano Performance from Berklee College of Music in 2020.

Growing up in Mexico, she discovered her passion for music and soon started to pursue a music degree at a college in Mexico City.

Marcela got deeply interested in jazz artists who would inspire her to pursue a career in the United States. Following her passion, she moved to Boston in 2016. Soon after starting her studies at Berklee, she began working in an assistive music technology program at the school, which provides adapted music software instruction and assistance with projects to blind and visually impaired students. This experience soon became a crucial step in her career, leading her to share her experience and collaborate to improve fellow blind 

musicians' technology resources. She has helped with beta testing software, providing feedback about accessibility, and accomplish various tasks using music software.

 Currently, she continues to expand her musical journey through  teaching, performing and composing  for her own concerts and  many other bands in the greater Boston area.

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