Mr. Luis Alfonso Lopez
Lecturer
Applied Voice/Theory/Music Appreciation/Musicals
Department of Music and Dance
College of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas - Pan American
Email: llopez26@utpa.edu
Office: Fine Arts 114
Phone: (956)292-7490

 

Luis Alfonso Lopez, bass-baritone, holds a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from UTPA where he studied under Ruth Crews and Dr. Richard Davis. He graduated with Honors and is a member of Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, The National Scholars Honor Society, Golden Key International Honour Society, as well as The Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi. During his studies he participated in master classes with vocal coaches Cody Garner and Shirlee Emmons; performed in the musicals “Newsies” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Children’s Opera “Goldilocks and the Three Bears," and the Zarzuelas “Luisa Fernanda” and “El Dúo de la Africana,” in which he performed the role of Giussepini.
 
Mr. Lopez has performed the roles of Doctor Grenvil in “La Traviata” and as Page in “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in productions of the ProCantus Lyric Opera in 2006 and 2007. He has sung as a cantor for special liturgies at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle – National Shrine in Texas in 2007 and 2008. Last year he understudied the role of Sagrestano and performed the role of Sciarrone in “Tosca” for South Texas Lyric Opera; he performed as Musical Director and Conductor for the Musical “She Loves Me;” and performed on the play “Alice in Wonderland” by André Gregory. This year he performed selections from the musical “Sweet Charity” with the Valley Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in the V and VI Taller de Ópera Juvenil in Mexico where he studied singing with Mexican Opera singers Yvonne Garza (Soprano) and Arturo Rodríguez (Bass-baritone), couching with Teresa Rodriguez, movement with Irma Elena Meza and Alicia Ledesma, and acting with Larisa López and Leticia López. Additionally he has studied acting with Dr. John Carroll, and acting coaches Laura Versi and Iván Tula in Mexico.
 
Mr. Lopez is a member of the Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, and performs throughout Mexico as a soloist with the Chamber Ensemble Euterpe. He serves as faculty at the UTPA Music Department where he teaches Music Appreciation, Voice, Music Theory and directs Broadway Musicals.