Carla Lucero - Part 8

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Episode 120: Carla Lucero - Part 8
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In this week’s episode, we talk to Carla Lucero about her advocacy work promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, the importance of authenticity, and upcoming performances and World Premieres of her operas. 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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If you're curious to hear a little music from our guest Carla Lucero, who we spoke to in our most recent episode, check out E4TT's annual concert of music by women and non-binary composers "Midnight Serenades" on January 25.

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Capitole

1. Carla Lucero - Part 8 (00:00:00)

2. In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Carla Lucero, who we spoke to in February 2024. (00:00:37)

3. You do a good deal of volunteer work promoting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and mentoring young women, queer intersection, non binary and trans youth. Can you talk about your advocacy work? Is it an outgrowth or separate or related or, you know, (00:00:45)

4. It's been very quiet. So I assume you don't have a dog or a cat? (00:04:00)

5. Do you have any advice for young women, queer, non binary, trans or intersex composers or even emerging composers, in general, Latina composers, you know, pick pick your cohort, [or] advice in general. (00:05:34)

6. Is there anything you have coming up that we haven't talked about, that you'd like to share with us or something recently that you've done that we haven't talked about? (00:06:48)