Born in Medellín, Colombia, Dr. Margarita Restrepo has conducted extensive research on “immigrant” musical traditions in Spanish-speaking countries. Her research interests include the flourishing of the Italian madrigal in sixteenth-century Spain, the adoption of Spanish sacred music in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, and the arrival of American and British rock and roll in 1960s Colombia. Her work has appeared in a number of peer-reviewed journals, such as Early Music, Revista de Musicología, and Rock Music Studies. She has also presented papers at the national conferences of the American Comparative Literature Association, American Musicological Society, Renaissance Society of America, and Society for American Music, among others. Her edition of the Requiem Masses of Juan de Herrera (c. 1650-1738), chapelmaster of the Santafé de Bogotá Cathedral, is available through the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura. Dr. Restrepo has taught at Boston University, Northeastern University, and the Walnut Hill School for the Arts.
