Alex Lacamoire facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alex Lacamoire
Lacamoire accepting his 2016 Tony Award
Born	(1975-05-24) May 24, 1975 (age 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Berklee College of Music
Occupation	Composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, musical director, music copyist, record producer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Ileana Ferreras ​ (m. 2011)​

Alex Lacamoire (born May 24, 1975) is a talented American musician and producer. He is known for his amazing work on many popular Broadway shows. He helps create the music for musicals as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and musical director.

Alex has won many important awards, including Tony Awards and Grammy Awards. These awards are for his work on famous musicals like In the Heights, Hamilton, and Dear Evan Hansen. In 2018, he also received the Kennedy Center Honors, which is a big award for artists.

Early Life and Learning Music

Alex Lacamoire was born in Los Angeles, California. He started playing the piano when he was only four years old! When he was nine, his family moved to Miami, Florida.

He went to Southwood Middle School, which is famous for its arts programs. Later, he attended the New World School of the Arts. Alex then studied at Berklee College of Music, a well-known music school. He graduated in 1995 with a very high GPA. At Berklee, he learned about jazz, arranging music, and creating music for movies. Alex has hearing loss and uses hearing aids to help him hear.

Alex's Amazing Career in Music

Alex Lacamoire has worked on many exciting theater productions. He often serves as the music director, helping the performers and musicians sound their best. He also arranges and orchestrates music, which means he decides which instruments play which parts and how the music sounds overall.

Early Broadway Work

Early in his career, Alex worked on shows like Bat Boy: The Musical and Legally Blonde. He was also the music director for Wicked in 2005. He helped with the music for High Fidelity too.

Working with Lin-Manuel Miranda

Alex has worked a lot with the famous writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. One of their first big projects together was In the Heights. Alex helped create the music for this show. In 2007, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations. When In the Heights moved to Broadway, Alex and Bill Sherman won a Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2008. They also won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2009 for the show's cast recording.

In 2012, Alex worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda again on Bring It On the Musical. He was the music supervisor and arranger for this show.

The Success of Hamilton

Alex Lacamoire was a key part of the musical Hamilton. He was the music director, orchestrator, and conductor for the Broadway production. He also helped arrange the show's music with Lin-Manuel Miranda.

In late 2016, Alex became the music supervisor for Hamilton. This meant he oversaw the music for all the different productions of the show. He won his second Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2016 for Hamilton. The show's Original Broadway Cast Recording also won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2016. This was Alex's second Grammy!

Alex also often took part in the fun Ham4Ham performances. These were short shows that happened outside the theater on days when Hamilton had two performances.

Dear Evan Hansen and Other Projects

Alex is also the Music Supervisor for Dear Evan Hansen. For this musical, he won his third Tony Award and his third Grammy Award.

He was the music director and orchestrator for Carmen Jones, a Cuban version of the classic opera Carmen. Alex said working on this show felt like channeling music that was "in his blood."

In 2017, Alex worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda again on the song "Almost Like Praying." This song helped raise money for people affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. He was also the Executive Music Producer for the movie The Greatest Showman in 2017.

Alex continued to work on music for Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamildrops" in 2018. He produced "Found/Tonight" and arranged "First Burn." In July 2018, he appeared on The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast to talk about the music from Hamilton.

In May 2019, Alex received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music.

More recently, Alex worked on the animated movie Vivo (released in 2021) as a score composer and executive music producer. He also produced the music for the 2021 film Tick, Tick... Boom!, arranging songs by Jonathan Larson.

Awards and Nominations

Alex Lacamoire has received many awards for his incredible work in music.