Lucas S. Burr, Co-Director, Music Director
A music education scholar (2022) at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., Lucas is an award-winning musician and actor, with extensive experience in various performing arts -- as part of several ensembles and as a solo performer. Most recently Lucas auditioned into the Concordia Choir (Tenor II) section for the 2019-2020 academic year; toured the state of Minnesota with the Concordia Chapel Choir; and performed as Dr. Givings in the Concordia College production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room -or- The Vibrator Play. Lucas was honored by the Hennepin Theatre Trust Spotlight Education program for his leading-role and supporting-role performances in Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye, 2018) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Pharaoh, 2017). He led musical arrangements and played piano in the musical collective Your Friend and Mine, including its August 2017 performance of "Hamilton: Abridged," selections from the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, at Great River Arts in Little Falls, Minn.
Lucas is a multi-instrumental musician (piano, oboe, English horn, flute, clarinet), with extensive experience with piano accompaniment for solo and ensemble performances. He also provides private music lessons for beginning and intermediate students on piano and oboe.
Lucas is a multi-instrumental musician (piano, oboe, English horn, flute, clarinet), with extensive experience with piano accompaniment for solo and ensemble performances. He also provides private music lessons for beginning and intermediate students on piano and oboe.
Online Portfolio
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Musical Arrangement and Co-Directing
- Your Friend and Mine "Hamilton: Abridged" - Selections from Hamilton: An American Musical) by Lin-Manuel Miranda: "What'd I Miss" (Abigail Segler Memorial Concert, Aug. 5, 2017) (featuring Austin Norton as Thomas Jefferson, Cary Armagost, clarinet, and Lucas Burr, piano) "The Room Where It Happens" (featuring Matt Wishard as Aaron Burr, Cary Armagost, clarinet, and Lucas Burr, piano) "Say No To This" (as Aaron Burr, featuring Michael Kalpakoff as Alexander Hamilton and Natalie Shanoff as Maria Reynolds, Lucas Burr, piano) (GRA Open-Mic Night, December 2016) Abigail Segler Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship Benefit Concert, Great River Arts, Aug. 5, 2017 Great River TV video of selections from 3-hour concert "Us" by Regina Spektor (piano and vocal duet featuring Aisha Holmberg) "Love Shack" by the B52s (featuring Lucas Burr, vocals and synthesizer, Kalli Kalpakoff and Aisha Holmberg, vocals) "Exs and Ohs" by Elle King (featuring Lucas Burr on the flute, Kalli Kalpakoff and Aisha Holberg vocals) |
Solo Performance:
"Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy (GRA Open Mic Night, Jan. 4, 2018) "Theme from Jurassic Park," by John Williams (Senior Recital, May 18, 2018) "Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2" by Frédéric Chopin (accompanied oboe) "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin (Student Recital, Darla Thompson, Instructor April 24, 2016) Concordia College Music Performances With Concordia Chapel Choir (Tenor II) Masterworks Concert, April 14, 2019 2019 Choir Tour - Home Concert, March 24, 2019 With Concordia Symphonic Band (oboe) Concert, April 28, 2019 Prism Concert, Nov. 18, 2018 Fall Bands Concert, Nov. 11, 2018 |