Veronika Krausas

Veronika Judita Krausas (born 1963) is a Canadian composer. She was born in Sydney, Australia but grew up in Canada after the age of four. Her diplomas in music education and performance were completed at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She also completed a Bachelor of Commerce (marketing) degree at the University of Calgary (1985), a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Toronto (1991), a Masters degree at McGill University in Montreal (1995), and a doctorate from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (2001), where she received the outstanding DMA in Composition award.

Veronika’s works have been performed in Canada, the United States, Australia, Germany (at the Darmstadt New Music Festival), Romania, and the Netherlands. Through her production company, Vera Ikon Productions, she has produced and composed music for yearly shows since her arrival in Los Angeles. She is currently on the music theory and composition faculty at the University of Southern California at the Thornton School of Music.

Works

Opera
*the mortal thoughts of lady macbeth (2001) for soprano, 2 mezzos, alto, 9 instruments, 22:00

Orchestral
*les reflets du chapeau claque de la lune ... (the glints of the moon's opera hat ...) (1996), full orchestra: 2(+picc)/2 (+EH)/2 (+bass)/2 (+contra); 4/3/2 (+bass)/1; timp; 3 perc; hrp; pno; strings, 9:42

Instrumental chamber music
*analemma (2006) for 11 musicians (flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello), 14:00
*stone (1991) for solo double bass and narrator, 8:43
*us.we.are (2005) for solo cello, 7:00
*5 intermezzi for 2 guitars (2003/4), 12:34
*cloisonne (2005) for solo double bass and film, 6:42
*il sole e l'altre stelle (2006) for string quartet, 6:30

Vocal chamber music
*midaregami (tangled hair) (2007) for string quartet and mezzo-soprano (premiere by the Penderecki String Quartet March 10, 2007, Toronto), 19:00
*Shade (2002, text by Molly Bendall, for soprano, recorder, clarinet, percussion and vocal tape, 12:00
*From Easter (2000), text by Adre Alexis (premiere September 2000 in Montreal & New Brunswick), soprano, horn, bass, percussion, 15:00

Piano
*Player Piano Project (February 12, 2008)

Writings

*in + on (2006), photography book of graffiti and writings found in and on the streets of 20 cities around the world
*errata: a curious collection of corrections (2005), with Renee Reynolds

Grants and Commissions

*Motion Ensemble
*The Canada Council
*A Millennium Commissioning Grant
*Two Interdisciplinary Arts Initiative grants in Los Angeles

Recordings

*Mnemosyne (2002) solo and chamber works, the Motion Ensemble
*The Music of Veronika Krausas (2002) compilation of orchestral, chamber and solo works
*FOOD: New Music for Guitar Duo (2005)

Music publications

*The Bestiary/Le Bestaire (a collection of children’s piano pieces), Frederick Harris Music Publishers

External links

* [http://www.veronikakrausas.com/] official web site for Veronika Krausas
* [http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/krausas.php] USC faculty profile
* [http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=13740&by=K] her biography on the Canadian Music Centre web site

References

*Citation
last = Rubina
first = Anna
title = Award Winners of the IAWM 2004 Search for New Music by Women Composers
journal = IAWM Journal
volume = 10
issue= 2
pages = 29
date = 2004
year = 2004