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Caracas May 20, 1932
Musical Studies:
She began her musical studies in 1954 at the Preparatory Music School,
nowadays Juan Manuel Olivares Music School, to thereafter continue at
the Superior Music School José Ángel Lamas with
professors Inocente Carreño, Eduardo Plaza Alfonso, Ángel
Sauce, Juan Bautista Plaza, Carmen Teresa Arévalo de Hurtado,
Evencio Castellanos and Vicente Emilio Sojo. She obtained the Jacques
Dacroze Certificate in Geneva in 1964. In year 1977 (cross-references
say it was in 1973 at Santiago de Compostela, further stating: “and in
1977 [assisted] to the Music Studies Planning Course from the OAS, in
Santiago de Chile) assisted to the XVI International University Course
of Spanish Music’s Analysis and Interpretation, in Santiago de Chile.
She is also a teacher in Biology and Chemistry graduated as such from
the Caracas Teaching Institution, while starting with her conducting
activities.
She has been Assistant
Conductor to the Ministry of Work’s Venezuela Choir (1950-1958),
Conductor to the Miguel Antonio Caro Teachers’ College Choral Society
(1953-1969), to the Republic’s General Comptroller’s Office Choir
Society (1967-1969), to the José Ángel Lamas Music
School’s Children Choir (1975-1982), founder and Conductor of the
Ministry of Education’s Choral Society, as well as (since 1964) of the
Polyphony Group choir. Was Music Coordinator for the Pope’s Visit
Commission (1984-1985) and Conductor of the 1,500 voices choir that
sang to His Holiness the Pope John Paul II, during His visit to
Venezuela in January of 1985, occasion in which she first performed the
Caracas Mass, her own composition.
She has also been Conductor to the Carabobo University’s Chamber
Orchestra (1969-1972), invited Conductor to the Venezuela Symphony
Orchestra, Caracas Philharmonic, Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra,
the Military School Band, the ‘Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho’ National
Youth Orchestra, and to the Jamaica Philharmonic Orchestra. She has
been a teacher at all educative levels. Since 1966 and up to her
retirement in year 1982, she worked in the curricula planning of
Venezuela’s music education. She represented Venezuela at the Rhythm’s
Second International Congress in Geneva (1965), was Chief of the
Venezuelan Delegation to the OAS’ Third and Fourth International Music
Education Conferences, in Medellin, Colombia in 1968, and Rosario,
Argentina in 1970, respectively. She has been juror to the Venezuela’s
School Voices Festival in 1973, and the Venezuelan Voice Festival,
1975. Was awarded with the National Music Price in 1983 and in 1988 the
Vinicio Adames Music Award. She was Chief of the Documentation and
Records Department from 1985 to1986, and Chief of the Vicente Emilio
Sojo Foundation Publishing Department until 1990, “intensively working
in the rescue, restoration, publishing, performing – recording and
spreading the Venezuelan Colonial time Masters’ music” (Recording). As
part of the Vicente Emilio Sojo Foundation’s Board was the person in
charge of the review, revision and edition in 1994 of the CONAC’s
(National Arts Council) Federico Villena’s E flat Major Mass score
publishing.
Was a member to the Superior Council of the Board of Directors of the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra Foundation.
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