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{{short description|American classical composer}}
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'''Carla Lucero''' is an American composer/librettist. A native of Los Angeles, she studied with composers [[Leonard Rosenman]], Morton Subotnik, Alan Chapman and Rand Stieger. She developed a highly melodic compositional style, drawing upon sources from Romantic and Neo-Classical music.
'''Carla Lucero''' is an American composer and librettist. A native of Manhattan Beach, California, she now resides in Napa, California. She is of New Mexican and South Asian descent.
While at CalArts, she studied with composers Rand Steiger, [[Leonard Rosenman]] and Alan Chapman. Her work is concentrated in opera, ballet and chamber

music, and her compositional style has been described as complex, and highly melodic, drawing upon the Romantic and Neo-Classical periods, as well as from Flamenco music. She is recognized for incorporating period instruments and indigenous percussion into her orchestration.


==Education==
==Education==
She has a B.F.A. in Music Composition from [[California Institute of the Arts]], 1986.
She holds a B.F.A. in Music Composition from [[California Institute of the Arts]], 1986.


==Works==
==Works==
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'''Los Angeles'''

* ''Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén'' (''The Three Women of Jerusalem'') (Spanish language grand opera) LA Opera (March 2022)
* ''Reckoning Ramona'' (multimedia dance-opera) Heidi Duckler Dance (2020)
* ''Juana'' (Spanish language chamber opera with co-librettist [[Alicia Gaspar de Alba]]) Opera UCLA (2019)
* ''Out of Circulation, La Brea Woman, Life in the Lap Lane, Most Wanted, Liquid Assets'' Collage Dance Theater (now Heidi Duckler Dance, dance works premiering 1993-1997)

'''San Francisco'''
'''San Francisco'''
*''Wuornos'' (2001) An operatic adaptation of [[Aileen Wuornos]]' life<ref>Cynthia Robins, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/17/PK222116.DTL "Saga of a 'lesbian serial killer'..."], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Sunday, June 17, 2001.</ref><ref>[http://www.advocate.com/news/2001/06/22/lesbian-serial-killer-opera-ltigtwuornosltigt-premieres-san-francisco-2010 "Lesbian serial killer opera"], ''The Advocate'', June 22, 2001.</ref>
*''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]]


* ''REVOLT'' (chamber ensemble) San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s New Music Ensemble (2021)
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'''Los Angeles'''
* ''House of Names'' (ballet) Marika Brussel Dance (2021)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071024131819/http://www.collagedancetheatre.org/ Collage Dance Theater]: original compositions written for Most Wanted (presented in a city jail), LaBrea Man (a site-specific dance performance), Life in the Lap Lane, Out of Circulation and Liquid Assets.
* ''One O’Clock'' (scenes from the chamber opera in development, ''touch'') West Edge Opera (2017) (Currently commissioned by Opera Birmingham to premiere in 2024 – with co-librettist Marianna Mott Newirth)
* ''El Castillo Interior'' (song cycle) Earplay New Music Ensemble (2016)
* ''WUORNOS'' (grand opera) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2001)

'''International Premieres/Performances of New Arrangements'''

* Mexico, Chile and Spain (selected works 2006 – 2020) ''La Revuelta'' (string orchestra), ¡''Bronces! ¡Bronces!'' (choral), ''Oranges'' (trio), ''Ice'' (trio), ''Rough Trick'' (piano solo), ''The Capture'' (piano solo), ''Overture'' (symphonic), ''Anticipation'' (piano solo), ''Cartas de Amor'' (piano/vocal)


==Awards==
==Awards==
*Inaugural Composer (2020) Leni Alexander Festival (Chile)
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*[[Lester Horton]] Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award, 1998
*Discovery Grant (2019) Opera America
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*Meet the Composer, 1999
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*Horizons Foundation (2007)
*''Advocate Magazine'', "Best of Stage", 2001 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Jan_22/ai_81790800 Advocate 2001]
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*Zellerbach Family Foundation (2000, 2005, 2007)
*San Francisco Arts Commission, 2001, 2006
*California Arts Council, 2000
*San Francisco Arts Commission (2000, 2004, 2006)
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*Open Meadows Foundation (2006)
*Creative Work Fund, 2001 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814001644/http://www.creativeworkfund.org/pages/bios/carla_lucero.html CWF Award]
*''Advocate Magazine,'' "Best of Stage" (2001)
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*Open Meadows Foundation, 2000, 2006
*OUT Magazine, “Best in Music” (2001)
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*Horizons Foundation, 2007
*Astraea Foundation (1998, 2000)
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*Zellerbach Family Foundation, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
*The Creative Work Fund (2000)
*California Arts Council (2000)
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*Meet the Composer (1999)
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*[[Lester Horton]] Award, Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance (1998)


==References==
==References==
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*''Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States'', {{ISBN|0-7172-5815-7}}, p.&nbsp;319
*''Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States'', {{ISBN|0-7172-5815-7}}, p.&nbsp;319
*''Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia'', {{ISBN|1-57356-267-X}}, p.&nbsp;379
*''Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia'', {{ISBN|1-57356-267-X}}, p.&nbsp;379
*Operawire (2021) https://operawire.com/los-angeles-opera-announces-premiere-of-carla-luceros-spanish-language-the-three-women-of-jerusalem/
*Napa Valley Register (2021) https://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/ancient-myths-and-modern-stories-a-napa-composer-creates-music-for-a-new-ballet-house/article_3d728bcb-f703-5272-9700-0e117150aeaa.html
*Broadway World (2021) https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Carla-Luceros-THE-THREE-WOMEN-OF-JERUSALEM-Premieres-At-The-Cathedral-Of-Our-Lady-Of-The-Angels-In-2022-20210401
*LA TIMES (2019) https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-24/sor-juana-inez-opera-ucla-netflix
*Napa Valley Register (2019) https://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/a-napa-composer-tells-the-story-of-a-17th-century-mexican-nun-and-feminist/article_1a168410-56c4-5605-98d6-b4484490e295.html
*People’s World (2019) https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/juana-the-feminist-nun-scholar-thinker-poet-and-now-an-opera/
*Voyage LA Magazine (2019) http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-carla-lucero-opera-juana-produced-ucla-westwood/
*Napa Valley Register https://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/review-juana-a-ground-breaking-tale-from-a-napa-woman-plays-at-ucla/article_5760008c-a85c-5466-8ebd-3fce7bb2f572.html


==External links==
==External links==
*https://carlalucero.com/
*[https://www.webcitation.org/5bGcuOhsb?url=http://www.wuornos.org/ Wuornos, the opera]
*https://www.laopera.org/about-us/artists-2/creative-team/carla-lucero/
*[http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Qfestival01/WournsOpera.html ''Wuornos''-Opera, World Premiere]
*https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/opera-ucla-proudly-presents-the-world-premiere-of-juana-
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026002102/http://www.tenthmuse.us/juana.php Juana Opera]
*http://www.earplay.org/www/bios.php?id=Lucero
*https://www.operabirmingham.org/touch
*https://indieopera.com/podcast-62-winners-of-the-2019-opera-america-women-composers-


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Latest revision as of 10:24, 11 April 2024

For the Argentine tennis player, see Carla Lucero (tennis).
Carla Lucero
BornJune 29, 1964
Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
OccupationComposer, Librettist
NationalityAmerican

Carla Lucero is an American composer and librettist. A native of Manhattan Beach, California, she now resides in Napa, California. She is of New Mexican and South Asian descent. While at CalArts, she studied with composers Rand Steiger, Leonard Rosenman and Alan Chapman. Her work is concentrated in opera, ballet and chamber

music, and her compositional style has been described as complex, and highly melodic, drawing upon the Romantic and Neo-Classical periods, as well as from Flamenco music. She is recognized for incorporating period instruments and indigenous percussion into her orchestration.

Education[edit]

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

Works[edit]

Los Angeles

  • Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (The Three Women of Jerusalem) (Spanish language grand opera) LA Opera (March 2022)
  • Reckoning Ramona (multimedia dance-opera) Heidi Duckler Dance (2020)
  • Juana (Spanish language chamber opera with co-librettist Alicia Gaspar de Alba) Opera UCLA (2019)
  • Out of Circulation, La Brea Woman, Life in the Lap Lane, Most Wanted, Liquid Assets Collage Dance Theater (now Heidi Duckler Dance, dance works premiering 1993-1997)

San Francisco

  • REVOLT (chamber ensemble) San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s New Music Ensemble (2021)
  • House of Names (ballet) Marika Brussel Dance (2021)
  • One O’Clock (scenes from the chamber opera in development, touch) West Edge Opera (2017) (Currently commissioned by Opera Birmingham to premiere in 2024 – with co-librettist Marianna Mott Newirth)
  • El Castillo Interior (song cycle) Earplay New Music Ensemble (2016)
  • WUORNOS (grand opera) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2001)

International Premieres/Performances of New Arrangements

  • Mexico, Chile and Spain (selected works 2006 – 2020) La Revuelta (string orchestra), ¡Bronces! ¡Bronces! (choral), Oranges (trio), Ice (trio), Rough Trick (piano solo), The Capture (piano solo), Overture (symphonic), Anticipation (piano solo), Cartas de Amor (piano/vocal)

Awards[edit]

  • Inaugural Composer (2020) Leni Alexander Festival (Chile)
  • Discovery Grant (2019) Opera America
  • Horizons Foundation (2007)
  • Zellerbach Family Foundation (2000, 2005, 2007)
  • San Francisco Arts Commission (2000, 2004, 2006)
  • Open Meadows Foundation (2006)
  • Advocate Magazine, "Best of Stage" (2001)
  • OUT Magazine, “Best in Music” (2001)
  • Astraea Foundation (1998, 2000)
  • The Creative Work Fund (2000)
  • California Arts Council (2000)
  • Meet the Composer (1999)
  • Lester Horton Award, Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance (1998)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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