Carla Lucero
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| Born | Los Angeles, California  United States |
| Occupation | Composer, Librettist |
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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.
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[edit] Education
B.F.A. in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts, 1986
[edit] Works
San Francisco
- Wuornos (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, Out of Circulation and Liquid Assets.
[edit] Awards
- Lester Horton Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award, 1998
- Meet the Composer, 1999
- OUT Magazine, "Top Ten in Music", 2001 OUT 2001
- 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
- Astraea Foundation for Lesbian Justice, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Zellerbach Family Foundation, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
[edit] References
- San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, June 17, 2001
- Advocate, The, July 3, 2001
- Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, ISBN 978-0312984182, p. 291
- Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States, ISBN 0717258157, p. 319
- Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia, ISBN 157356267X, p. 379
