Luis Escareño
Luis Escareño
San Francisco
Mexican born composer Luis Escareño (b.1989) began his formal music studies on Viola. His compositional writing reflects much of the world music he studied under percussionist Randy Gloss, with a particular musical emphasis on timbre, rhythm, pulse and elements of improvisation. In the spring of 2010 the Glendale Philharmonic String Quartet premiered his work, “Reflections of Lost Plains.” The piece was featured as part of the Glendale Philharmonic concert series, “Positive Motions.” Luis has written and arranged for various ensembles and artists including Ruslan Biryukov, Nonsemble 6, and Bunnies and Kitties. In 2013 Luis collaborated with the Bay Area guitar and percussion duo, The Living Earth Show (Travis Andrews, Andrew Meyerson), as well as Los Angeles based artist Christopher Mesa, to bring to life a multi-media work based on the book Bluets by Maggie Nelson. Currently he is working on a work for the Los Angeles Cello Quartet, as well as an orchestral work for John Marshall High School’s annual Bach Rock and Shakespeare festival (Greek Theater in Los Angeles) Luis is a founding members of the bay area concert promoter SFNewMusic, where he serves as Artistic Director of their Sounds of the America’s concert series. He has also served as president of the LACC Composers Club, an organization which helps inner city youth acquire recordings of their compositions. Luis has performed in the Los Angeles area with folk artists such as Bunnies and Kitties, and Homesick Elephant. He has studied composition with Dr. David Conte, Dr. Kevin Kelly, Dr. Daniel Wanner and Dr. Matthew McGaughey, and Chamber Music with Christine Park. Viola with Keith Barry, and Alexander Kalman. Currently he resides in the Bay Area, studying composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Conrad Susa.