{"id":98855,"date":"2023-03-17T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=98855"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:38:24","slug":"owning-ones-self-expression-in-music-composer-gabriela-lena-franks-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/owning-ones-self-expression-in-music-composer-gabriela-lena-franks-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Owning One&#8217;s Self-Expression in Music: Composer Gabriela Lena Frank&#8217;s Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1406\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1-636x437.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1-1024x703.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1-768x527.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1-1536x1055.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Residency-Tsai-1-1457x1000.jpeg 1457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Top row (left to right): Daniel Do\u00f1a, Senior Lecturer in Music, Viola; Hudson Ye Hyung Chung (CFA&#8217;24) PD Violin Performance; Lucia Lin, Professor of Music, Violin. Bottom row (left to right) James Burton, Director of Orchestral Activities and Master Lecturer, Music; Gabriela Lena Frank, Visiting Artist, Composer, and Pianist; Fernando Gaggini (CFA&#8217;24) DMA Orchestral Conducting<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Music<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwning One&#8217;s Self-Expression in Music: Composer Gabriela Lena Frank&#8217;s Philosophy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar wp-prepress-component-metabar-hide\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 17, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/authors\/lana-sage\/\">Lana Sage (CFA&#8217;24)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 17, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/authors\/lana-sage\/\">Lana Sage (CFA&#8217;24)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph news-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-dimensional has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-primary has-dropcap-color-quaternary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Art is a communal form, one that is wrought with love and joy but also so often shame and fear. Despite our resiliency, the unfiltered expression of our hearts through art creates a soft and tender spot that can so easily get ahead of us, staunching our individuality and our tenacity. <strong>Gabriela Lena Frank<\/strong>, a self-described cultural witness and storyteller through the language of melody and rhythms rather than words, makes her art \u2013her stories\u2013 because of and with this tender resilience. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-710x710.png 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/02\/Gabriela-Lena-Frank-Composer-Boston-University-Residency-February-2023.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Award-winning Composer and Pianist Gabriela Lena Frank<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank tells the stories of her Latina partially Deaf hippy self that writes symphonies for a living after being trained in classical music, saying \u201cIf I do my job right, there\u2019s a larger sense of humanity behind it.\u201d She never conformed to what people would assume of her, taking action in the climate crisis through music, uplifting incoming composers who are the future of the art form, and continuing to pursue curiosity in exploring her own individuality and ownership of her art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/bumusic150\/\">150<sup>th<\/sup>-anniversary celebration<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/music\/\">BU School of Music<\/a>, students and faculty welcomed Frank for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/boston-university-school-of-music-welcomes-composer-gabriela-lena-frank-for-three-day-residency\/\">three-day residency<\/a> in the Spring 2022 semester from February 21-23. The events began with a keynote on her alumni program for her Creative Academy of Music, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glfcam.com\/composing-earth\" target=\"_blank\">Composing Earth<\/a>, continued with open rehearsals and performances of Frank\u2019s work by School of Music students and concluded with chamber music masterclasses, composer groups classes, and discussions about social activism and the climate crisis with regard to music and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-magenta-color has-text-color\">Cultivating ownership of a musician&#8217;s piece<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalie Darst Xia<\/strong> (CFA\u201924), who is currently earning her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/performance\/dma\/strings\/\">Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance<\/a> with Professor of Music, Violin <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/lucia-lin\/\">Lucia Lin<\/a><\/strong>, worked with Frank on her solo violin piece, \u201cKhazn\u2019s Recitative: Elu D\u2019vorium\u201d (2003) in an open rehearsal before performing it in the concert dedicated to Frank\u2019s work. Natalie reflects on her time with Frank, saying, \u201cThere was a wonderful moment when Ms. Frank had me spend one minute to publicly \u2018practice\u2019 my phrasing and vibrato in front of my professors and colleagues in the open rehearsal. After experimenting for about forty-five seconds, I finally played the phrase that brought the music to life, and I immediately sensed a shift in attention from the listeners in the room. It was this feeling of ownership and intentional communication (qualities embodied by Ms. Frank and shared throughout the week) that made this my favorite moment from her residency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">After experimenting for about forty-five seconds, I finally played the phrase that brought the music to life, and I immediately sensed a shift in attention from the listeners in the room. It was this feeling of ownership and intentional communication (qualities embodied by Ms. Frank and shared throughout the week) that made this my favorite moment from her residency.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/><em><strong>-Natalie Darst Xia (CFA&#8217;24) DMA Violin Performance Student<\/strong><\/em><\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During her residency, Frank stressed the importance of \u201ccultivating \u2018ownership\u2019 of a piece in addition to conveying the intentions of the composer.\u201d There is a very delicate balance between composer and performer and how they interact. Professor of Violin and good friend to Frank, Lucia Lin relates that musicians sometimes forget to focus on the music itself. \u201cWe are so ensconced in how technically to do things,\u201d says Lin. \u201cThe music is the most important thing and we kind of get caught up in the fear of doing the wrong thing. Fear is always the thing that clips our wings.\u201d It is the performer\u2019s job to move an audience. They will only be moved by what the music and musician do together: the self-expression of music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lin, Frank is \u201cnot one to squash someone\u2019s individuality\u2026 She\u2019s creating these spaces for people to put themselves into the music and not feel shame.\u201d During her residency, Frank maintained the message that the performers own the music they\u2019re playing in a way, thanks to a sort of contract between the musician and composer where you have a job\u2013a responsibility\u2013of putting your own musical self into the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-magenta-color has-text-color\">Same music. Different people.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During her BU visit, Frank hoped that students realize just how much their ownership, their individuality, but most of all themselves, are needed. \u201cThe world really needs them,\u201d says Frank. \u201cThey\u2019re needed as who they are: to not try to conform but to work on presenting the best version of themselves\u201d as boldly as they can be. Frank is very proud to have spent time with SOM students, colleagues, and friends. She understands the importance of talking to those she sees as her younger siblings in the field. She sees herself here kind of like a time traveler from her own time in conservatory in the \u201990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_3823-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gabriela Lena Frank workshop with BU Chamber Orchestra on <em>Leyendas<\/em> at BU&#8217;s Tsai Performance Center. Photo by Emily Wang (COM&#8217;26)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As she walks down the halls of CFA, she can hear the same music being played from classrooms and the same competitions along the bulletin boards. But the people are different. She\u2019s different. She can say, \u201cthis is how it was from now and this is where you might want to look in the future.&#8221; She can do the same she does with her music, checking in with her childhood Hello Kitty and X-Men loving self, her conservatory young adult, and her current environmentalist, teaching, nonprofit-running self. She laughs joyfully at the thought that, if she\u2019s a time traveler from the past, incoming artists like the students in SOM \u201care a glimpse into the future.\u201d She\u2019s able to look back on her life and the things she went through with new eyes\u2013eyes that her composers and students gifted her that she didn\u2019t have before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exchange of energy and insight is very powerful for Frank. With this, she can reinforce, recontextualize, and sympathize with the feelings and experiences of her younger self by supporting them. She has the ability to continue to remind young people that, \u201cYour feelings are probably right. We may need to understand them better but don\u2019t discount them. They\u2019re probably telling you something.\u201d As we get older, we use those pieces of ourselves to influence our art and imaginations\u2013almost a \u201crewriting of history, enhancing our memory to be more pleasant or make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank remembers the guests she met while she was in school. They made a big impact on her, even if they were only there a day or two. She takes invitations like this residency very seriously, trying her hardest to take them whenever they come her way. She truly believes in the power of young artists and the power or clout established artists have in aiding the up-and-coming. \u201cWe need to think about all emerging artists as needing advocacy and needing assistance, especially from the generation before them,\u201d says Frank. She has the credibility to do that. She knows very well that in order to make an impact, \u201cyou have to go body by body, person by person. And move urgently.\u201d And she does tenfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote has-image-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><figure><\/figure><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">We need to think about all emerging artists as needing advocacy and needing assistance, especially from the generation before them.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/><em><strong>-Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer, Pianist, Environmentalist<\/strong><\/em><\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline is-style-emphasis-weight\">Photo Gallery of Frank&#8217;s Visit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay news-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide 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