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Carla Lucero

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Carla Lucero
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BornLos Angeles, California  United States
OccupationComposer, Librettist

Carla Lucero is a female Composer/Librettist. A native of Los Angeles, she studied with composers Leonard Rosenman, Morton Subotnik, Alan Chapman and Rand Stieger. Lucero developed a highly melodic compositional style, drawing upon sources from Romantic and Neo-Classical music.

Education

B.F.A. in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts, 1986

Works

San Francisco

  • Wournos (2001) An operatic adaptation of Aileen Wuornos life
  • Juana an opera-in-development, adapted from the historical novel Sor Juana's Second Dream written by Alicia Gaspar de Alba (Co-Librettist), and published in 1999 by University of New Mexico Press. Juana Inés de la Cruz

Los Angeles

  • Collage Dance Theater: original compositions written for Most Wanted (presented in a city jail), LaBrea Woman (a site-specific dance performance), Life in the Lap Lane and Out of Circulation.

Awards

Lester Horton Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award, 1998

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