For Good Measure

Berkeley-born composer GABRIELA LENA FRANK has been Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia, Detroit, and Houston Symphony Orchestras. Founder of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM), she was included in the Washington Post's list of the 35 most significant women composers in history in 2017. She explores her multicultural heritage and identity through her compositions and has traveled extensively throughout South America in creative exploration. Her music often reflects not only her own personal experience as a multiracial Latina, but also refract her studies of Latin American cultures, incorporating poetry, mythology, and native musical styles into a western classical framework that is uniquely her own. Frank has received the Heinz Award and a Latin Grammy as well as Guggenheim and USA Artist Fellowships.