Carla Lucero - Part 2

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Episode 115: Carla Lucero - Part 2

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In this week’s episode, we talk to Carla Lucero about her compositional process, dive into how she composed two examples of her operas Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén and touch, and what it's like having synesthesia. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more about Carla Lucero, check her out here: https://carlalucero.com/. This episode was originally recorded in February 2024.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers,” January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Alchemy,” October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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Curious to hear a little music from our guest Ursula Kwong-Brown, who we spoke to in our most recent episode, check out the world premiere of the work she just wrote for us, which we are performing on our season opening concert November 8.

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1. Carla Lucero - Part 2 (00:00:00)

2. In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Carla Lucero who we spoke to in February 2024. (00:00:35)

3. You write big ambitious works, which is really cool. Can you talk about your compositional process? How do you go from the blank white page to such amazing pieces? (00:00:43)

4. The way you were describing color and senses, are you synesthetic? (00:09:50)