Anthony Lucca is a Los Angeles based music director who develops and music directs new works for theatre and film. World premieres include MUTT HOUSE (Kirk Douglas Theater), CULT OF LOVE (IAMA Theatre Company), INTO LIGHT (short-film), BRONCO BILLY (Skylight Theatre Company) and varying workshop productions of new musical theatre in Los Angeles and New York City. He is currently music director for EVITA in Concert at the Palos Verdes Performing Arts Center and Miracle on 34th Street at the Actors Co-op.
Comfortable as either a piano-conductor or baton-conductor, he recently music directed productions of SHE LOVES ME (Actor's Co-Op), CALVIN BERGER (Standing Room Only),
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (Musical Theatre Guild) during 2018.
He also guest music directs and conducts for performing arts grade schools and colleges in both Los Angeles and New England. As a guest artist, he has worked with middle school, high school students, as well as collegiate.
music direction
composition
Anthony has composed music for several award winning short films, as well as original music for the recent LA production of WOMEN OF MANHATTAN. He is influenced by all genres of music, primarily jazz, folk, and classical.
orchestration
As an orchestrator, Anthony enjoys helping fellow composers and songwriters develop and transfer their music to an orchestral or other performance medium. His experience in both composition and orchestration allows him to collaborate as an orchestrator who is sensitive and supportive to the composer's original vision, while focusing and heightening the lens of its musical storytelling amongst instrumentation and textures.
pianist
Anthony performs frequently in the jazz and cabaret setting. As a collaborative artist, he is inspired by the opportunity to realize and interpret the storytelling possibilities that are present in the music he is performing and listening to. His mission as a musician is keen to understanding and translating the sonic and dramatic environment of a piece where the melody, harmony and rhythm coincide.
He has performed at Feinstein's 54 Below, Rockwell Table & Stage, Birdland, Blue Whale, Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal Bar, Hollywood Bowl, amongst other venues. He also accompanies auditions for major casting companies both in New York and Los Angeles.
He currently teaches privately out of his studio in West Hollywood, CA, and also at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. He is an alumnus of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.
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