Tag: Gabriela Lena Frank

  • Tanglewood — and Beethoven Idolatry — is Back For 2021

    Tanglewood — and Beethoven Idolatry — is Back For 2021

    By Sarah Baer (with some input by Liane Curtis) The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home is getting ready to welcome guests again in what is perhaps an ideal venue for events in these strange times.  The traditions of lawn chairs and picnics while enjoying some of the highest-quality performances available in the United States will…

  • Monday Link Round Up: October 26, 2020

    Monday Link Round Up: October 26, 2020

    News and music to start your week! The New York Times profiles Gabriela Lena Frank (pictured), composer and educator who works to encourage inclusion and representation in the field of classical music.  She hosts an academy on her farm in California, that works with composers, including those whose background is not that of the traditional…

  • Monday Link Round Up: August 24, 2020

    Monday Link Round Up: August 24, 2020

    News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra joins in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment in the US.  In a special conversation taking place on August 26, First Associate Concertmaster Juliette Kang, Composer In Residence Gabriela Lena Frank, soprano Angel Blue (pictured above), and Jennifer…

  • Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020

    Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020

    News and music to start your week! Calling young women composers!  Pamela Z, pictured above, will be presenting on her compositional process TODAY, July 27 at 5pm EST, in a free presentation on the Young Women Composers workshop series.  Gabriela Lena Frank will be presenting on July 30!  Register for the zoom call here, where…