Mara Riley enjoys a double life as a classical musician and an administrative assistant for the Fiete, Kanwisher, and Tenenbaum Labs at MIT. She joined the Fiete lab in June 2024.
She holds a double Master’s degree in Voice and Flute Performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston. She sings with groups such as the Boston Early Music Festival, Emmanuel Music, the Sarasa Ensemble, Handel + Haydn Society, Aeternum, Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, Colorado Bach Ensemble, Boulder Bach Festival, and the Voces8 US Scholars. As a Baroque flutist, she has performed with BEMF, H+H, and Blue Hill Bach.
Mara loves to hike (a recent highlight was a week backpacking in Yosemite!) and can often be found wandering Boston in search of cute dogs.