Alex Lacamoire
| Alex Lacamoire | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 24, 1975 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Composer, Orchestrator, Arranger, Conductor, Musical Director, Music copyist |
| Years active | 2001- |
| Spouse(s) | Ileana Ferreras (m. 2011) |
Alex Lacamoire (born May 24, 1975) is a Cuban-American musician, arranger, conductor, musical director, music copyist, and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off Broadway. Lacamoire was the musical director and orchestrator, and is currently the music supervisor, of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton.
Lacamoire was born in Los Angeles, California, and began to play piano at age four. He and his family moved to Miami, Florida when he was 9. He entered Southwood Middle School, a school known for its fine arts program, and went on to New World School of the Arts. He then attended Berklee College of Music, graduating in 1995 with the highest GPA in the class (3.97). At Berklee he studied Jazz, Arranging, and Film Scoring.
Lacamoire's early Broadway credits as Music Director, Arranger, and/or Orchestrator include: Bat Boy: The Musical (for which he also served as Musical Director of the 2001 Original Cast Recording); the 2001 National Tour of Godspell; Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie (for which he also orchestrated the 2005 original cast recording); and Legally Blonde. He also conducted the cast recording of the 2000 touring cast of Godspell. Lacamoire was also the Music Director of Wicked in 2005, and Music Supervisor for the musical High Fidelity in 2006, as well as assisting with the orchestrations for that show.
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