Ana Paola studied a doctoral degree with John Rea at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, where she also was Teacher Assistant at the Western Music Basic Materials theory class (2015-2016). Simultaneously, she has also experimented with electronic mediums at the McGill Digital Composition Studios (DCS), studying with Philippe Leroux. She was composer in residence for the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble under the direction of conductor Guillaume Bourgogne. She received her Master of Music degree from Rice University, studying composition with Dr. Arthur Gottschalk and electronic music with Kurt Stallmann. Ana Paola holds the LTCL Licentiate in music composition, with distinction, from TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON, having studied composition and piano with Vincent Carver. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Fulbright Scholarship; the Programa de Becas para Estudios en el Extranjero scholarship (FONCA-CONACYT); the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme; resident composer at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, among others. Her piece NEMESIS, for orchestra, was selected to represent Mexico at the UNESCO 57th International Rostrum of Composers in Lisbon, Portugal (2010). Her piece “Fractum” for flute, Bass Clarinet & Piano is published by ALEA PUBLISHING & RECORDING. She has written music for multi-disciplinary workshops and has been premiered or performed by Gail Archer, The Het Trio, the Enso String Quartet, Speculuum Musicae, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Bellas Artes Chamber Orchestra and Mexico’s National Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Her scores can be purchased at babelscores.com

She currently teaches composition, theory and analysis at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Música (CIEM) in Mexico City.