Mellon Foundation Awards $2.4 Million To American Composers Orchestra & More (Broadway World)

by Chloe Rabinowitz

Internationally acclaimed composer and pianist Gabriela Lena Frank's Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music received a grant of $600,000 to fund staff salaries and other operational costs for its programs for emerging through mid-career level composers, as well as artist fees for its core fellowship program, Bahlest Eeble Readings ("excellent study" in Boontling, the local language of Boonville, CA where GLFCAM is located). Through the singular vision of Gabriela, this twelve-month fellowship provides composers the opportunity to compose and hear new chamber works in multiple readings from initial "seed ideas" to finished state. Through a mix of virtual and in-person residencies, composers work in cycles with no more than four peers to maximize personal attention including private lessons with Gabriela and one-on-one practicums with renowned performer-mentors. Upon completion of the program, composers receive benefits through the Alumni Support Initiative which offers a lifetime pass to all distance learning (online) classes focused on the creative habit, commissions for new works from solo through orchestral (including readings of the work in progress), invitation to the two-year Composing Earth program providing climate intelligence to creatives, invitations to the Artist Wellness curriculum, and its associated discussion groups led by a trained therapist and social worker, and other benefits. Read More

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