Career
She began her musical studies at National Conservatory in México City, studying under Mario Lavista, Federico Ibarra, Julio Estrada and Daniel Catan and continued her preparation at Carnegie Mellon University, under Leonardo Balada and Lucas Foss, where she received her Bachelors (1992) and Masters (1995) degrees in Music Composition. In Europe her music has heard in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. She has been written works for the Carnegie Mellon Trio, The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (1996).
And The Ensamble Cosmopolitano of Berlín (2002).
She also has collaborated for the Carnegie Mellon Drama Department under the direction of stage directors Rina Yerushalmi (Louisiana casa de Bernarda Alba, 1990) and Yossy Israeli (Antigone, 1991), and in Mexico for The Ballet del Teatro del Espacio with Gladiola Orozco (El Gran Viaje, 1997). As a complement for her creative search, Villanueva completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music History (Mexico City, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-I, 2004) in relation with musical archetypes in the case of the Cuban composer Julian Orbón.
Currently she teaches music composition at the Centro Morelense de las Artes in Cuernavca, Morelos.
