Carla Lucero
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Composer, Librettist |
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.
Education
She has a B.F.A. in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts, 1986
Works
San Francisco
- Wuornos (2001) An operatic adaptation of Aileen Wuornos' life[1][2]
- 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 Man (a site-specific dance performance), Life in the Lap Lane, Out of Circulation and Liquid Assets.
Awards
- Lester Horton Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award, 1998
- Meet the Composer, 1999
- Advocate Magazine, "Best of Stage", 2001 Advocate 2001
- San Francisco Arts Commission, 2001, 2006
- California Arts Council, 2000
- Creative Work Fund, 2001 CWF Award
- Open Meadows Foundation, 2000, 2006
- Horizons Foundation, 2007
- Zellerbach Family Foundation, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
References
- ^ Cynthia Robins, "Saga of a 'lesbian serial killer'...", San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, June 17, 2001.
- ^ "Lesbian serial killer opera", The Advocate, June 22, 2001.
- Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, ISBN 978-0-312-98418-2, p. 291
- Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States, ISBN 0-7172-5815-7, p. 319
- Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia, ISBN 1-57356-267-X, p. 379