References & Testimonials
“Thank you Edna for your wonderful composition, which you wrote for us. We very much enjoyed performing it. Working with Edna was such a pleasure! Her warm and full of life personality projects in her exciting and innovative works. We wish her lots of success!”
“Edna’s music is a rare reflection of who she is. A unique hybrid of rhythm, Latin influences, and lyricism. She has the skills to make her music sing and dance.”
“Edna Longoria is the perfect combination of intelligence and creativity in composition. She is a joy to collaborate with and is sensitive to the needs of each commission she undertakes. Hard working and passionate about music and its mission, I look forward to many more collaborations with this phenomenal talent!”
“Trio Casals has enjoyed collaborating with Edna Alejandra Longoria and PARMA Recordings for our new album “Moto Celeste.” Edna’s trio for violin, cello, and piano “Los Ritmos Para Tres” is a true masterpiece of contemporary chamber music repertoire. We plan to perform this trio in several concerts during the concert season 2019-20, including a Carnegie Hall recital, and cannot wait to share this exciting piece with the audience.”
Awards & Honors
2021
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
San Antonio Performing Arts Grant Award, 2019
Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) Call for score winner for the 2019 “LunArt Festival.”
Alba Music Festival Composition Program, May 2019
Los ritmos para tres (Rhythms for Three) selected to be part of PARMA Recordings 2019 Piano Trio Album.
Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) selected to be part of 2018-2019 North/South Consonance’s concert series in New York.
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 New Mexico, March 2019.
La celebración (The celebration) selected to be part of the 2019 SCI Regional Conference VI in Commerce, Texas, April 2019.
Danzas cautivas (Captivating Dances) selected to be part of the 2018-2019 Verdant Vibes’ concert series in Rhode Island, May 2019.
2018
Marshall Hawkins Award Best Musical Score Feature Film Nomination, IDYLLWild 2018 International Festival Of Cinema.
Mary Austin Award Excellence in Film Scoring Nomination, IDYLLWild 2018 InternationalFestival Of Cinema
2014
Lindsey III Achievement Scholarship Award for Outstanding Achievement and Promise in Composition, BCCM
2013
Music Performance Scholarship, BCCM
2011-2012
Presser Scholarship, UTSA
2011
Texas Music Teachers Educational Foundation Award
1st Place, College of Liberal and Fine Arts Research Undergraduate Competition, UTSA
2010-2011
Reed Holmes Composition Scholarship, UTSA