About Lucas Gianini

Dr. Lucas Gianini has performed with the North Carolina, Greensboro, Charlotte, Charleston, and Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestras, and various other ensembles across Ohio and the Carolinas. An avid performer of contemporary music, he has taken part in the premiere and commissioning of several pieces for solo clarinet and chamber ensemble. As a collaborative musician, Lucas is a clarinetist for the Elon Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and the Dead Reed Society reed quintet. He has also performed with various new-music focused chamber ensembles such as earspace, F-PLUS, and was a founding member of the Noise to Signal Ensemble. Recent solo performances and presentations include appearances at the 2023 International Low-Clarinet Festival, editions of the International Clarinet Association Conference in 2019 and 2020-2023, the 2021 College Music Society National Conference in New York, and the ICA New Music Weekend in 2021 and 2023. In addition, Lucas was a winner of UNC Greensboro’s 2022 Student Artist Competition and attended the 2023 Bang on a Can Summer Festival as a Fellow. 

Lucas currently teaches a vibrant private studio in Charlotte, NC and has worked as a band director and woodwind instructor for various area schools. Lucas holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UNC Greensboro, where he also earned his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Performance. Lucas earned his Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University. His primary teachers have included Anthony Taylor, Kelly Burke, Kevin Schempf, and Andy Hudson.