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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 and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Mexico), Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Later she attended the Johns Hopkins University. 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. She has composed chamber music and works for children, as well as for orchestra; she has also written electroacoustic music, electroacoustic and computer music. References 1961 births Living people Mexican classical composers Mexican women classical composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Mexican musicians 21st-century classical composers 21st-century Mexican musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |