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Breaking Barriers in Classical Music
November 18, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST
Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2020 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities. Among notable Heinz Award recipients (in multiple categories) over the past 25 years, the other composers have been John Luther Adams, Mason Bates, and John Harbison.
Gaby will be leading a discussion/performance session called Breaking Barriers in Classical Music this coming Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 2pm CST / 3PM ET, which is free and open to the public.
Speakers include:
–Dr. Gabriela Lena Frank, Recipient of the 2020 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities
–Dr. Eric Moe, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh
With performances by:
–Dawn Posey, violinist
–Kelly Guerra, mezzo-soprano
–Eric Sedgwick, pianist
–Iman Habibi, composer and pianist
–Deborah Grimmett, pianist
RSVP using this link: https://pm1pro.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6WyJfkjtQfGpzpnfGDfrUg
Click on this link to view online announcement of this year’s winners: http://heinzawards.net/2020-recipients/