Carla Lucero
Encyclopedia
Carla Lucero is a 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.
Los Angeles
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American film, television and concert composer.-Life and career:Leonard Rosenman was born in Brooklyn, New York. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, he earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley...
, Morton Subotnik, Alan Chapman and Rand Stieger. She developed a highly melodic compositional style, drawing upon sources from Romantic and Neo-Classical music.
Works
San Francisco- Wuornos (2001) An operatic adaptation of Aileen WuornosAileen WuornosAileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute...
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 Man (a site-specific dance performance), Life in the Lap Lane, Out of Circulation and Liquid Assets.
Awards
- Lester HortonLester HortonLester Horton was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher.-Early years:Lester Iradell Horton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 23, 1906. His parents were Iradell Horton and Pollyanna 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