Carla Lucero - Part 4

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Episode 117: Carla Lucero - Part 4

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In this week’s episode, we talk to Carla Lucero about her cultural upbringing and how it influences her music. 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 4 (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. And it sounds like a fascinating, rich, diverse background. Can you talk about what it was like growing up? And how the musical background of your childhood influenced and affected and enriched your music? It sounds like such a marvelous stew. (00:01:00)

4. So the richness of the background affecting your music, it's more kind of what's swirling around in your head than specific things. And yet some of your operas are connected to your heritage, like Juana and Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén. How else are Mexi (00:06:27)