Marisa Tornello

Marisa Tornello is a composer, vocalist, performance artist, poet, mover, and maker. Tornello cultivates an artistic practice that explores the art of living scores and thematic development through dual lens of trauma and healing. Their works have been shown at Roulette, the Tank, Jack, La MaMa ETC, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Vital Joint, Invisible Dog Arts Center, and Judson Church, and have been featured in the Flame Keeper series with Metropolis Ensemble, the Exponential Festival with Pioneers Go East Collective, and Ladyfest at the Tank. They are also a member of ECHO Ensemble and performed with Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks in the Bessie-winning piece, My Diary: Secret Journey to Tipping Utopia. In early 2022, they received the Jerome Foundation commission at Roulette, and was featured in Peach Magazine for two graphic scores. Later this year, they will perform with Queer Van Kult at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and premiere a live fruit scoring event at the Invisible Dog Center. Marisa is a fourth-generation Staten Islander and stems much of their artistic focus on mental health from their family’s deep history of volunteerism and aid to the senior community of Staten Island.