Luciana Soares
Assistant Professor of Music
Luciana Soares is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Music, where she teaches applied piano, accompanying, music analysis, and ear training. A winner of many awards in both the United States and her native Brazil, she performs frequently as soloist and collaborative pianist at concert halls throughout the two countries. She began her early musical training in the school of pianist Belkiss Spenzièri Carneiro de Mendonça, and was later a student of Caio Pagano at Arizona State University and Mary Ann Stringer at the University of Southern Mississippi.
In addition to teaching and performing a variety of repertoires ranging from Baroque to contemporary, Soares is strongly devoted to promoting the music of Brazil. Her accomplishments as a researcher and performer have placed her at the forefront of presenting lectures and recitals of Brazilian music at universities, concert series and conferences throughout the United States. Recent venues have included the College Music Society national conferences held in Miami, Kansas City-MO, and San Francisco, as well as the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies conferences in Houston and Cancun, Mexico. Her solo recording, “Brasileira: Piano Music by Brazilian Women,” has been released on Centaur Records and is available worldwide.
A dedicated chamber musician and advocate of new music, Soares frequently collaborates with artists in the South and has given world premieres of numerous works. Spring 2008 engagements include performances with members of the Burle Marx Trio at the Pelican State Chamber Music Series, and a recital as member of the Alexander-Soares Duo at the St. John’s Episcopal Music Series. The duo will release a CD in the Fall of 2008 on the Centaur Records label featuring five sonatas for violin and piano by composer Liduino Pitombeira.
Education:
B.M., Federal University of Goiás; M.M., Arizona State University; D.M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Courses taught:
MUS 110 — Fundamentals of Music
MUS 217, 218 — Solfege-Ear Training
MUS 306 — Piano Accompanying
MUS 323 — Analysis
Performance Courses:
MUS 161, 162, 171, 172, 261, 262, 271, 272, 371, 372, 400, 471, 472
Contact information:
274 Talbot Hall
Phone: 985.448.4611
E-mail: luciana.soares@nicholls.edu