Yolanda Tapia

Location:

London
Canada N6G 1B2

Contact:

ytapia@uwo.ca
yota6308@gmail.com
226-235-3179
www.yolandatapia.com

Additional Info:

Yolanda Tapia is a collaborative pianist and chamber musician with many years of experience. She was a Fulbright Scholar from 2012-2014 and won a grant from the Veracruz State for academic excellence. She has won many competitions including second prize at the Chamber Music National Competition in Mexico City, first and second prizes at CSU concerto competition, first place in the Concerto Competition with Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, and two-time finalist at the "Maria Clara Cullell" International piano competition in San Jose Costa Rica. She was a recipient of the Manuel M. Ponce prize for best chamber music-group at the Chamber Music Festival in Aguas Calientes, Mexico and a prize winner in chamber music at Kiwanis Festival in London, Canada.
Yolanda is passionate and committed about collaborating with singers, instrumentalists, and conductors. She worked as a full-time collaborative pianist for four years at the Institute of Music of Veracruz State. She performed concertos with Xalapa Symphony Orchestra and CSU Symphony orchestra and has participated as a collaborative pianist of the Veracruz State Youth Orchestra, CSU Symphony Orchestra, and CU Symphony Orchestra. Yolanda has performed at international chamber music festivals such as the Académie Musicale de Morges in Switzerland, Orvieto Musica in Italy, Bowdoin International Music Festival in the US, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival and Aguas Calientes Chamber Music Festival in Mexico.

Yolanda earned her BM in piano performance from the University of Veracruz and MM in collaborative piano from Colorado State University. She studied for a year with Margaret McDonald, Alexandra Nguyen, and Mitsumi Moteki at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Currently, she is finishing her Doctoral program in collaborative piano at Western University in London, Ontario under the mentorship of John Hess.

Yolanda’s research interests are in the relationship of music and politics among Mexican composers of the XX century and the development of collaborative piano education. Other special interests are the convergent evolution in rock culture and the study of hard rock, metal, and indie music.

Fees

$ 45.00 Canadian Dollars Per Hour
- $25 half an hour rehearsals
- $100-150 per performance (depending on the event)
-Travel fee will be added if exceptional distance must be traveled.
- Please contact for church services, Ballet schools, piano lessons or any other service.
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Instruments

Piano, Harpsichord, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Direction

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