Amelia Rivera Barreto was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1988, relocating with her family in the summer of 1989 to Guatemala City. Showing a passion and talent for singing and performing from a young age, Amelia began taking voice lessons when she was 13 years old.

In the winter of 2003 Amelia joined the Performing Arts Studio academy in Guatemala city directed by Maestro Willy Gutierrez. In the Performing Arts Studio Amelia studied popular vocal technique and drama, and performed as a soloist in individual and group pop music recitals until 2007 when she moved to Seattle, Washington.

In 2006 she studied classical voice with internationally renowned Baritone Luis Felipe Girón May. As a soprano she participated in "Mosaico cultural" 2006 and 2007 in Antigua Guatemala, among other classical music events.

Before leaving Guatemala to go to the U.S. Amelia performed popular music ranging from trova to bolero with pianist Diego Noack and guitarist Sergio Zepeda, among other local artists. In 2008, Amelia moved to Seattle, WA where she studied vocal performance and took advantage of the music scene the area offers.

Currently Amelia is living in the Twin Cities, and attending the University of Minnesota where she is studying vocal performance and cultural anthropology. 

She is also part of a French Café band in Saint Paul, Café Société which performs around the Twin Cities and other Midwest cities regularly. Some of Café Société’s main influences include Édith Piaf, the French band Paris Combo, as well as the Latin American sounds of Jobim.

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