As part of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music’s Alumni Support Initiative, Composing Earth 2022 - 2023 also provides selected Academy alumni composers with a lengthy, accessible, and idea-generating study period, complete with a study stipend, before composing commences. 

A full two-year program, members of each season's Composing Earth cohort spend the first year in a supportive monthly discussion group with fellow alumni, Gabriela, and renowned scholar/communicator of climate science (and music lover) Dr. Rob Davies.  These meetings provide an opportunity to review articles, books, documentaries, and online resources regarding the climate crisis. Additionally, mentorship by Gabriela encourages each composer to embark on artistic research to develop stories that are personal and revelatory. In this way, through the marriage of scientific knowledge and artistic imagination, a composer can become climate-aware, beginning to inform themself and stirring their creative psyche.  

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