Fred Lanuza

Dr. Fredrick Bastien Lanuza, Ph. D.

Composer, Choreographer, Teacher, Administrator.

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Film:

In the Name of the People, Academy-Award- nominated, feature-length documentary, Pan-American Films, 1985.

Olympic Arts Festival, Dos, Omeyotl-Duality, Laser-Media Productions Inc., Los Angeles, CA 1984.

Jim Morrison Award, Master’ Thesis, film soundtrack, UCLA, 1973.

Industrial Video, México, Mágico & RV’s, San Diego, CA 1995.

Television:

OTI Song Festivals, Pianist, Writer, Arranger, Los Angeles/San Diego, CA 1979, 1993, 1994.

1492- Revisited, Composer/Music Producer, PBS- national, San Diego, CA 1992.

Mundo Latino, Keyboardist, Channel 34, Los Angeles, CA 1982.

Happening ’68, Keyboardist, 1968.

American Bandstand, Keyboardist, 1968.

Hermanos Gallardos, Accordionist, Tijuana, MX 1963.

Theater:

Corridos DJ-Remix, Music Director, Repertory Theater, San Diego, CA 2004-2005.

Three Mo’ Divas, Keyboardist/Synthesizers, Repertory Theater, San Diego, CA 2004.

Angie’s Angels Music Director/Producer/Arranger/Musician, Repertory Theater, San Diego, 2002

1940’s Radio Hour Music Producer/Arranger & Musician, La Mesa, CA 2001.

London Is Calling My Name (The British Invasion), Music Producer/Arranger, San Diego, CA 2001.

Marriage Is Forever, Composer/Lyricist/Music/Producer, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 2000.

Christmas Cantata, Composer/Lyricist/Pianist- Horizon Ministries at Symphony Towers with San Diego Chamber Orchestra,

San Diego, CA 1999.

A Christmas Carole, Accordionist/Multi-Keyboardist/Synthesizers, Performer, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1994, 1995,

1996.

6 Women With Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want To Know, Pianist, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1996.

Suds: The Rocking ’60’s Musical Soap Opera, Multi-Keyboardist/Synthesizers, Repertory Theater, San Diego, 1995-1996

Dracul, Multi-Keyboards/Synthesizers, Repertory Theater, San Diego, CA 1995.

She Loves Me, Accordionist, Lambs Players Theater, San Diego, CA 1995.

Dixie Highway, Multi-Keyboards/Synthesizers, Bass, Holladay Production at the Hahn Cosmopolitan Theatre, San Diego, CA 1994.

The Pastorela, Musical Director/Accordionist, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA 1991.

The Man of the Flesh, Composer/Music Producer/Musician, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1991.

The Crucifixion, Composer/Producer/Musician, Spectra International/Eagle Productions, San Diego, CA 1990.

Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Multi-Keyboards/Synthesizers, Band Leader, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1989.

Thin Air- Tales of a Revolution, Composer/Music Producer, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1989.

Orinoco, Composer/Music Producer/Musician, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1989.

Burning Patience, Pianist/Musical Director, Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA 1988.

Teatro Primavera, Resident Composer/Musician, Los Angeles, CA 1972-1975.

The Legend of Pancho Diablo, Composer, Music Producer, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1984.

The Fanlights/Los Soles Truncos, Composer/Music Producer, Old Globe, San Diego, CA 1984.

Dance:

Antonio Vargas Dance Theater “Mosaico Flamenco”, Music Producer/ Multi-Keyboardist, San Diego, CA 2000.

Spiral, Composer, Music Producer, Documentary video, modern dance and flamenco, Los Angeles, CA 1984.

Time Is Of Essence, Composer, Music Producer, Jazz Dance, Los Angeles, CA 1983.

The Man and the Mask, Flamenco Dancer, San Diego Ballet Company, Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA 1968.

Produced, Choreographed, Performed: DANCE

Los Angeles Olympics Arts Festival

The Lanuza Brothers’ Mexican Folkloric Ballet Company

The Lanuza Brothers’ International Dance Troupe

San Diego Civic Youth Ballet Ensemble

San Diego Unified School District

Santa Monica Community College District

UCLA- College of Fine Arts Touring Company

UCLA- International Student Center

Los Angeles Unified School District

Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District

Tulare County Office of Education

San Diego County Office of Education

Chula Vista Elementary School District

Fiestas Patrias- Balboa Park Bowl Celebrations

San Diego’s Bicentennial Anniversary Celebrations

Produced, Composed, Performed: MUSIC

United Methodist Church at San Carlos, Artist-In-Residence, San Diego, CA 1995.

Mejico, Majico: Past-Present-Future, UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, San Diego’s Centro Cultural, La Jolla High School, 1983.

UCLA’s Ethno-Musicology Evening & Noon Concerts at Schoenberg, Los Angeles, CA 1981-1984.

UCLA’s College of Fine Arts’ Performing Arts Outreach & Multicultural Arts Project tours, Los Angeles, CA 1983-1984.

UCLA’s Resident Latin-Jazz Band, UCLATINO, Los Angeles, 1983-1984.

UCLA’s First Annual Mexican Arts Symposium, Los Angeles, 1983.

Good Shepherd Family Bible Church, Gospel Choir Director, Music Ministry Co-Director, Music Producer for seasonal cantatas & weekly services, Los Angeles, CA 1981-1988.

Keyboardist with the following: Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Poncho Sanches, Victor Pantojas, Buddy Miles, Little Richard, Changing Times, Johnny Martines & His Salsa Machine, Johnny Nelson, Ned Nelson, Chalo Campos, Bobby Guajardo and the Coronados, Mosaico Super Latin Band, Savor, Knights of Soul, The Emergency Exit, Los Principes, The Travelers, Cristina & Her Latin-Blues Band, Lynette & the Corvettes, Benny Hollman & His Big Band, Michie Sahara, The Variations, Los Mejanos, El Chicano and my own band- The Lanuza Brothers & Festival.

Works In Progress:

“C/S-13”, a documentary video on Chicano taggers/muralists and the urban musical culture surrounding it Con Safas.

“La Cucaracha”, a comedy about a Los Angeles alley conversational encounter between two drunks, (a life-sized cockroach and a man), sharing a bottle of tequila as they metaphorically discuss society’s social issues and concerns as it relates to them- neither of them bothering to see who they are talking to.

“Mongolian Horse”, a movie about life in a day of a struggling Latin-Rock indigenous L.A. band.

“In the Name of Art”, an autobiographical story depicting the Tijuana-San Diego international border’s arts’ culture as witnessed by the author between the years 1952-1972.

“The Game”, a diva’s rising-star-ballerina daughter is involved in a life-threatening accident. Knowing that at the end of her mother’s story her life will, the daughter persists for her mother to share with her those grand moments in ballet she will never be able to experience. As the audience enjoys the ballets she is unaware that a group of inner-terrestial beings are playing an underground game, (a ball thrown by teams at cubicles on a far wall in a cave), which will determine her fate.

“Fish Stories”, a series of elementary books for a reading enrichment curriculum, (complete with music, song, and dance), on encouraging topics- “The Fish Was Afraid of Water”, “The Clam Who Wouldn’t Clam Up”, “The Whale Who Wailed”, “The Starfish Who Wanted To Be A Star”, …

“The Last 7 Sayings”, a series of cantatas, one for each day of the Passover week. Each of Jesus’ last 7 sayings on the cross will be commemorated with a story unique to that saying, and adorned with music, dance, and drama in the tradition of libretto, drama, and the arts.

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