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First name: Gabriela Lena
Last name: Frank
Dates: 1972
Category: Quintet
Nationality: American
Opus name: Ghosts in the dream machine (2005)
Publisher: Schirmer
Peculiarities: http://www.tfront.com/p-216667-ghosts-in-the-dream-machine-for-piano-quintet-2005.aspx#216667 http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/2388/27961
Information: Frank attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she earned both a B.A. (1994) and M.A. (1996). She studied composition with Paul Cooper, Ellsworth Milburn, and Sam Jones, and piano with Jeanne Kierman Fischer. Frank credits Fischer with introducing her to the music of Ginastera, Bartók, and other composers who utilized folk elements in their work. At the University of Michigan, where she received a D.M.A. in composition in 2001, Frank studied with William Albright, William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett, and Michael Daugherty, and piano with Logan Skelton. Gabriela Lena Frank's music is published exclusively by G. Schirmer, Inc. — July 2014