Veronica Kao

(she/her)

INSTRUCTOR

Veronica “Vonnie” Kao is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Boston, Massachusetts. Her musical compositions make up a mosaic of styles and have been performed internationally in Vienna, Austria and Puget-Ville, France at Uebayashi La Mélodieuse festival, and throughout the United States. Veronica has a Platinum Prize and the Artistic Visionary Special Award from the Beethoven International Music Competition S1 2023 and was a finalist in the International Artists Competition. Her choral composition “Two-Headed Calf” was the winning composition of the U.S. Navy’s 2023 Alton Adams Award for Emerging Composers.

She holds a B.A. from Williams College where she studied composition with Zachary Wadsworth and is currently pursuing graduate studies at the Boston Conservatory with Mischa Salkind-Pearl. In addition to composing, Veronica is an avid performer on flute, piccolo, and piano in various ensembles and holds a certification in Early Childhood Education.