Gold medalist at the 2014 Penderecki International Composers’ Competition, Rita has worked with international ensembles such as the Vienna RSO, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Locrian Chamber Players (New York), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the SYC Ensemble Singers (Singapore). Final student of the Czech-Canadian composer, Rudolf Komorous, Rita studied at Simon Fraser University and the California Institute of the Arts where her teachers include Rodney Sharman, Wadada Leo Smith, Earle Brown, and Lou Harrison.