Lucas Elliot Eberl is the piano protégé of Frank Zappa’s legendary Grammy-nominated pianist Tommy Mars. He has performed live all over the world. For Scholastic Books he composed and performed the score for the promotional materials and book tour of Caldecott Medal-winning Brian Selznick’s (“Hugo”) book “The Marvels”, the audio book for Martha Brockenbrough’s “Into the Bloodred Woods”, and composed and performed the score for the short film companions to Scholastic’s “You Are (Not) Small” and Mo Willems’ “That is NOT a Good Idea” which was awarded the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video.

He composed the theme music for the Scholastic Reads Podcast and has music featured on Adam Schartoff’s “Filmwax Radio” Podcast and the news program “Democracy Now”. He has been the composer for films such as “The Maestro” starring Xander Berkeley, “The Napkin” starring Scoot McNairy and “Twenty One Pints” starring Alexandra Krosney. He has performed in Los Angeles such as the House of Blues, Hotel Cafe, The Mint, Harvard and Stone, Don’t Tell Mama, Witzend, Rockwell, Trip, and many others, and in New York City venues including Symphony Space, The Hudson Theatre, Caffe Vivaldi, Gussy’s, The Path Cafe, DBA, and others. He has also performed in Colorado at venues including Johnny’s Cigar Bar, Southern Sun, Laughing Goat, Mountain Sun, and Bramble and Hare, and in Lisbon, Portugal at Cossoul, O Grilo Beato, Clube B.Leza, O Limbo, Les Bons Vivants, Piano Aquário, and in Porto, Portugal at Menina e Moça. His debut solo piano album is set to be released in 2024.