b.1988

McAllen, TX

MASTERS DEGREE: MUSIC COMPOSITION

Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University

BACHELORS DEGREE: MUSIC COMPOSITION

University of Texas at San Antonio

Edna Alejandra Longoria is a  Mexican-American composer born in McAllen, Texas, and raised in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Longoria earned her Master of Music in Composition from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Edna draws inspiration from her Latin heritage, as well as from minimalist and classical music. Longoria has recently been selected as one of the composers for the 2024 EarShot Readings organized by the American Composers Orchestra. Additionally, she is a winner of the 2024 SOLI’s 30x30x30 call for scores and has received the 2024 Vibrant Shores Prize for her composition “El Bailongo.” In addition, Edna was a winner of the 2019 LunArt Festival call for scores with her piece “Danzas Cautivas” and was honored with the San Antonio NALAC Grant Award in 2020, as well as the San Antonio Performing Arts Grant Award in 2019. Longoria also has a passion for composing film scores and has won several accolades including “Best Music Score” at the Chandler International Film Festival, “Best Original Score” at the Vegas Movie Awards, and “Best Soundtrack” at the New York International Film Awards. Longoria's music has premiered in the United States, Mexico, South America, Canada,  and Europe.

2021

“Partita latina” will be premiered on June 26, 2021 by the Classical Music Institute of SanAntonio at the Tobin Center of the Performing Arts. https://www.cmisa.org/event/infinite-roots/

“Caos y resistencia” will be premiered this semester by the Texas New Music Ensemble.
https://tnme.org/uncategorized/2020-2021-season-announcement/

Winner for Best Music Score at the 2021 Chandler International Film Festival

2020

Winner for Best Original Score at the 2020 Vegas Movie Awards

Winner for Best Soundtrack at the 2020 New York International Film Awards.

“La celebración” included in the 2020 “Bandworld- Top 100”

2020 NALAC Grant Recipient

2019

Recipient of the San Antonio Performing Arts Grant Award, 2019.

Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) Call for score winner for the 2019 “LunArt Festival.”

Edna has been selected to be part of the “Alba Music Festival Composition Program” in Alba, Italy in May 2019.

Los ritmos para tres (Rhythms for Three) -selected to be part of PARMA Recordings 2019 Piano Trio Album, recorded by “Trio Casals.” The piece will be programmed for the fifth installment of Navona Records’ Moto series.

Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) -selected to be part of 2018-2019 North/South Consonance’s concert series in New York. Concert on February 17, 2019.

How Do I Love Thee? -selected to be part of the “Music by Women Festival” in Mississippi, March 2019.

Los ritmos para tres (Rhythms for Three) -selected to be part of the 2019 SCI National Conference in March 2019 in New Mexico.

La celebración (The Celebration)- selected to be part of the 2019 Regional VI Conference in Commerce, Texas.

Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) selected to be part of the 2018-2019 Verdant Vibes’ concert series in Rhode Island. Concert on May 17, 2019.

2018

Carving a Life won the “Indie Spirit Award” at the New Hope Film Festival 2018.

Edna’s musical score for Carving a Life was nominated for the “Mary Austin Award Excellence in Film Scoring” and the “Marshall Hawkins Award Best Musical Score Feature Film” at the IDYLLWILD 2018 International Festival of Cinema.

2017

”Carving a Life” (feature) was one of five films nominated for Best Dramatic Feature Burbank International Film Festival.

“Reconveyance” (short film) received the Best Western award at the Action On Film International Film Festival in Las Vegas.

“Carving a Life” (feature) was given the Award of Recognition presented by the IndieFest Film Awards.

“Carving A Life” (feature) will be available on Video on demand for streaming by Indie Right
Movies in October.

Demons has been released on Amazon.com for free (US only).

“Felices los dos” for string orchestra will be premiering on July 1st 2017 at Edgewood Theater of Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas by faculty and students of the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio Music Institute (CMI). In addition, “Danzas Cautivas” will also be performed by the faculty of CMI.

“Danzas Cautivas” for string quintet and piano will be premiering on June 29th 2017 at the Tobin’s Center’s Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater by the faculty of the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio Music Institute (CMI).

Edna will be the Composer in Residency for the 2017 Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio Music Institute.

Iwona Glinka’s “One Minute” CD has won Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Classical at the Global Music Awards competition. Edna’s piece “El baile” is part of the CD.”

“El baile" is now available for purchase or streaming at iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Naxos Music Library, and others.

Edna will be scoring for the upcoming short film “Bloodhound Law”

Edna will be scoring for the upcoming feature film “Carving a Life”

Edna will be writing a Commission string orchestra piece for the faculty of the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio Music Institute 2017 summer program.

“Chicana Song Project” commission: A collaboration with Soprano Dr. Noel Archambeault.

2016

Edna will be scoring for the upcoming short film “Sovereign Heart” by Snakebyte Productions.

“Demons” short film will be screened at the Oceanside International Film Festival August 10 th 2016.

“El baile” a one minute solo flute, will be featured in flutist Iwona Glinka upcoming flute solo CD. The CD presentation and performance are schedule for November 2016.

La celebración, “The Celebration” (string orchestra), commissioned for Tejeda Middle School, San Antonio,Tx.

Mis Raíces, “My Roots” (orchestra), commissioned for “La nueva orquesta sinfónica del IRCA. Reynosa, Tamaulipas México.

"Demons " has been officially selected into the International Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Tijuana Baja California ,Mexico

2015

San Antonio de Padua, (soprano,flute, piano) was premiered by soprano Dr. Noel Archambeault in November 2015 at the University of Delaware's Concert series, Tiger Lily.