Gustavo Leone, Ph.D.
| Gustavo Leone, Ph.D. | ||
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Title: | Professor |
| Office: | Mundelein 1104 | |
| Phone: | 773-508-7512 | |
| E-mail: | gleone@luc.edu | |
Personal Information
Ph.D., Composition, the University of Chicago
M.A., Music, the University of Chicago
B.M., Composition, the Catholic University of Argentina
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, the Graham School of General Studies
Dr. Gustavo Leone is a Professor of Music at the Department of Fine and Performing Arts where he teaches theory and composition.
Dr. Leone is a guitarist and composer originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a guitarist he has played with ensembles such as Collegium Musicum and the Contemporary Chamber Players. His music is included in the catalogs of C.F. Peters, New York, and Lyon and Healy, Chicago. Ensembles and organizations such as the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, San Luis Obispo Chamber Orchestra, Concertante di Chicago, Symphonic Orchestra of Michoac‡n, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra have commissioned, played, and recorded Leone's music. His work for the theatre includes compositions for productions at the Yale Repertory Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, and Victory Gardens among other companies.
Dr. Leone's current projects include a commission from Sonic Inertia for a duo for marimba and piano to be premiered in October of 2009; writing incidental music for The Sins of Sor Juana, by JosŽ Rivera, opening at the Goodman Theatre in June of 2010; CD release of Red Quintet, for harp and string quartet by the Cuarteto Arte Latinoamericano in Colombia; as well as co-coordinating the 2009 Latino Music Festival produced by the International Latino Cultural Center (http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org/music.php).http://gustavoleone.userworld.com/
Walter Hinrichsen Award in composition given by the American Academy of Art and Letters