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Veronika Judita Krausas (born 1963) is a Canadian composer. She was born in Sydney, Australia but...

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. Opera Orchestral Instrumental chamber music Vocal chamber music Piano