Verónica Tapia

Verónica Tapia-Carreto (born January 12, 1962) is a Mexican composer, long resident in Canada.

A native of Puebla, Puebla, Tapia was educated at the Taller de Composición of Federico Ibarra Groth [es] and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Later she attended the Johns Hopkins University.[1] At the University of York her supervisor was Nicola LeFanu; she received her master's degree there in 1996. In 2006 she was awarded a doctoral degree by the University of Calgary, at which she later taught. She has since joined the faculty of the conservatory at Mount Royal University.[2] She has composed chamber music and works for children, as well as for orchestra; she has also written electroacoustic and computer music.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Miguel Ficher; Martha Furman Schleifer; John M. Furman (16 October 2002). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-4616-6911-1.
  2. ^ "Conservatory Faculty - Mount Royal University - Calgary, Alberta, Canada". www.mtroyal.ca. Retrieved 13 December 2018.


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