(b. 11 October 1976, Skopje).
North Macedonian composer of mostly chamber, choral and vocal works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Velkovska-Trajanovska studied at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje from 1995–2001 and there earned her BMus in music theory and pedagogy. She also studied composition there with Tome Mančev and Tomislav Zografski from 1997–2004, where she graduated with highest honours, and where she had postgraduate studies in orchestration with Tome Mančev from 2002–06 and earned her MMus.
Among her honours are the 50 Years of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Prize (2000, for In Silence, Secret and Hear Me, Mother) and two prizes in the competition A Place on the Disc of Jeunesses Musicales of North Macedonia (2000, for Holy Land; 2004, for Omen). Her music has been performed in the Czech Republic, France, North Macedonia, Serbia, the UK, and the USA.
She is also active in other positions. She worked as a music editor and music journalist for North Macedonian Television from 1996–2003 and as a music journalist for North Macedonian Radio from 1998–2003. She is a member of the board of presidents of the composers society SOCOM in Skopje and a member of the assembly of the copyright society ZAMP in Skopje.
She has taught solfège as an assistant to Sneana Dimčevska and orchestration as an assistant to Tome Mančev at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University since 2003. She has taught analysis, composition, form, harmony, orchestration, polyphony, and 20th-century music literature as a professor at the Goce Delčev University of Štip since 2007.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Rondo, small orchestra (16 players), 2000
Dawn, string orchestra, 2004
Ison, large orchestra (88 players), 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Two Pieces, viola, 1998
Trio, English horn, violin, cello, 1999
Reflection, bassoon, harp, 2000
Scenes, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2001
Composition No. 1, string quartet, 2001
Sketch, string quartet, 2005
Rainbow Dance, flute, oboe, bassoon, B-flat trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2005
The Transfiguration, string quartet, 2006
Star Trail, flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, 2007
Toward the Cliff,
clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2008
Celestial Bodies, oboe, piano, 2010
Mirrors, violin, cello, piano, 2010
Step in Front of the Darkness, flute, clarinet, violin,
viola, cello, piano, 2012
CHORAL:
In Silence (text by Aco Šopov), mixed chorus, 1997
Secret (text by Blae Koneski), mixed chorus, 1998
Hear Me, Mother (text from a folksong from North Macedonia), mixed chorus, 1998
Bride (text by Konstantin Slučevski), mixed chorus, 1998
Kondak (texts from ancient liturgy in Macedonian), mixed chorus, 1998
Rivers (text by Blae Koneski), mixed chorus, 1998
Tropar (texts from ancient liturgy in Macedonian), mixed chorus, 1999
Orpheus of Infinity (text by Jovan
Strezovski), mixed chorus, 2012
VOCAL:
Trembling (text by Aco Šopov), soprano, piano, 1999
Divided (text by Blae Koneski), bass, piano, 1999
Autumn Morning (text by Blae Koneski), bass, viola, piano, 1999
Holy Land (texts by Jordan Danailovski, T. S. Eliot [Macedonian translation]), bass, string orchestra, 2000
Clairvoyants (text by Ante Popovski), soprano, violin, piano, 2003
Omen (vocalise), soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, 2003
Dandelion (text by Jovan Strezovski), soprano, piano, 2006
PIANO:
Five Pieces, 1997
Dreams, 1997
Sun, 2014