Andrea del Pilar Restrepo Colombia 2018 Grantee US-Canada Program Master’s in Arts Administration from Florida State University Bachelor’s, Master’s in Cello Performance from University of Southern Mississippi
Born in Ibagué, Colombia Andrea began her music studies in violoncello at the Tolima Conservatory of Music at the age of 10. After graduating from this conservatory, she began her undergraduate degree in 2010 and her master’s degree in 2015 at the University of Southern Mississippi. From 2011 to 2017 she was a member of many orchestras around Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. In 2017, after moving to Florida to pursue a master’s degree in Arts Administration at Florida State University, she developed a strong interest in the creation and realization of music festivals that aimed to unite children from Colombia and musicians from around the world by utilising different genres of world music, and this is how the idea of Ocobo Music Festival and Ocobo Mundial were born.
Currently, Ms. Restrepo holds the position of Operations Assistant, Personnel Manager and Head Librarian of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in Schenectady, NY. She is also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Ocobo Music Festival in Ibagué.
