Mia Pinero - Growing Up (2022) Hi-Res

Singer/actor Mia Pinero (Broadway West Side Story) debut album. Mia Pinero, who as an understudy in the recent revival of West Side Story made her Broadway debut as Maria, was prepared to explode onto the theater scene like the star she is... when the pandemic brought everything to a halt. Suddenly, Pinero was back in her hometown of Racine, Wisconsin.

Months of deep reflection sparked newfound realizations that evolved into stripped down interpretations of Musical theatre and Pop classics, ranging from the lyric driven brilliance of Stephen Sondheim to the soulful, boundary pushing compositions of Donald Glover. Including beloved hits such as 'The Nearness of You', 'Stop This Train', and 'Children Will Listen', Growing Up explores what it means to reconnect to your past and uncover its difficult yet hopeful complexities, leading to perhaps the most vital growth yet.

She is that rare performer whose voice appears effortlessly glorious: with her, we enter the purest of musical worlds in which singing is simply an extension of speech.