Dr. Anthony Lupica

Music Director, teacher, conductor, singer, classical guitarist, and musicologist, Anthony J. Lupica has been at St. Bede Parish since 1981.  At St. Bede, Dr. Lupica conducts two groups, a contemporary ensemble and a traditional choir. During his tenure he has established a significant concert program, involving both St. Bede and ELAC choirs, that brings great quality, sacred music to the St. Bede and local communities. 

Presently, Dr. Lupica is Chair of the Music Department at East Los Angeles College where he teaches voice classes, Chamber Chorale, College Choir, and Performance Music Workshop for the applied music majors.  The College Choir performs larger ensemble repertoire while the smaller, Chamber Chorale, comprised of more advanced students, regularly performs complex and a cappella works by Palestrina, Messiaen, R. Thompson, Whitacre, and Stravinsky. Some pieces performed to date include J.S. Bach's Magnificat, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Brahms' Nanie, John Rutter's Gloria, and Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, among others.

Dr. Lupica's original musical focus was classical guitar. He moved to California to attend the prestigious Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California where he received a Master’s Degree in Classical Guitar. While there, Dr. Lupica studied with some of the finest classical guitarists, including Pepe Romero, Jim Smith, Celin Romero, and Jesus Silva. Dr. Lupica has focused his recent career on choral conducting and liturgical music, which has also included orchestral conducting.  He has a Master of Music in choral conducting and vocal studies from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate of Music Arts in choral music with an emphasis on orchestral conducting, vocal performance, and musicology.

As a guitarist, singer, and conductor, Dr. Lupica has toured Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, New England, North Carolina, and California. He was honored to perform for Pope John Paul II both at Dodger Stadium, and later, at the Vatican.