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HER OWN WINGS THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

MILAGROS (2010) SASHA CALLAHAN, GREG EWER (VIOLINS); BRADLEY OTTESEN (VIOLA); LEO EGUCHI (CELLO)

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CAPILLA DEL CAMINO ZAMPOÑAS ROTAS MUJERES CANTANDO TINGO MARÍA SOMBRAS DE AMANTANÍ ADIOS A CHURÍN DANZA DE LOS MUÑECOS CAPILLA DEL CAMINO

LEYENDAS (2001) MEGUMI STOHS LEWIS, SASHA CALLAHAN (VIOLINS); BRADLEY OTTESEN (VIOLA); LEO EGUCHI (CELLO)

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TOYOS TARQUEADA HIMNO DE ZAMPOÑAS CHASQUI CANTO DE VELORIO COQUETEOS

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GABRIELA LENA FRANK 2

HER OWN WINGS TELLS A STORY OF PLACE AND IDENTITY, OF FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP. THE ALBUM IS A RESULT OF AN INSPIRING COMPOSER RESIDENCY WITH GABRIELA LENA FRANK AT THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. RECORDED IN THE UNIQUE ACOUSTICS OF AN OREGON WINERY BARREL ROOM, THIS PROJECT WAS PRODUCED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP BY MS. FRANK AND THE MUSICIANS OF THE WVCMF. THE TITLE REFERS BOTH TO THE OREGON STATE MOTTO ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS ('SHE FLIES WITH HER OWN WINGS') AND TO MS. FRANK'S UNIQUELY AMERICAN COMPOSITIONAL VOICE, WHICH DRAWS FROM HER MOTHER'S IMMIGRANT HERITAGE, AND THE LINE OF STRONG WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE.

ABOUT GABRIELA LENA FRANK IDENTITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF COMPOSER/PIANIST GABRIELA LENA FRANK'S MUSIC. BORN IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA (SEPTEMBER, 1972), TO A MOTHER OF MIXED PERUVIAN/CHINESE ANCESTRY AND A FATHER OF LITHUANIAN/JEWISH DESCENT, GABRIELA EXPLORES HER MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH HER COMPOSITIONS. GABRIELA ATTENDED RICE UNIVERSITY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE SHE EARNED A B.A. (1994) AND M.A. (1996). SHE STUDIED COMPOSITION WITH SAM JONES, AND PIANO WITH JEANNE KIERMAN FISCHER. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, WHERE SHE RECEIVED A D.M.A. INCOMPOSITION IN 2001, GABRIELA STUDIED WITH WILLIAM ALBRIGHT, WILLIAM BOLCOM, LESLIE BASSETT, AND MICHAEL DAUGHERTY, AND PIANO WITH LOGAN SKELTON. WINNER OF A LATIN GRAMMY AND NOMINATED FOR GRAMMYS AS BOTH COMPOSER AND PIANIST, GABRIELA ALSO HOLDS A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AND A USA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GIVEN EACH YEAR TO FIFTY OF THE COUNTRY’S FINEST ARTISTS. SHE IS INCLUDED IN THE WASHINGTON POST'S LIST OF THE 35 MOST SIGNIFICANT WOMEN COMPOSERS IN HISTORY (AUGUST, 2017).

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IS A DYNAMIC FESTIVAL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS IN OREGON WINE COUNTRY. WE COMBINE WORLD-CLASS COMPOSERS, PROGRAMMING, AND MUSICIANS WITH SPECTACULAR WINES AND LOCATIONS, CREATING A ONE-OF-A-KIND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE. FOUNDED IN 2015 BY VIOLINIST SASHA CALLAHAN, CELLIST LEO EGUCHI, AND ARTS AND COMMUNITY LEADER EVE CALLAHAN, THE SIGNATURE PIECE OF THE FESTIVAL IS OUR COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM, HIGHLIGHTING NEW AND DIVERSE VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER MUSIC. THIS RECORDING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF THE INCREDIBLE TEAM AT J. CHRISTOPHER WINES. JAY SOMERS, KELLY STEWART, AND EVERYONE ON THE TEAM WHO WELCOMED US INTO THE GORGEOUS BARREL ROOM AND ALLOWED US TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A RECORDING STUDIO. IT WAS AN INSPIRATION TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH PASSIONATE, CREATIVE, HARDWORKING PEOPLE AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AND YOUR SPIRIT. THIS ALBUM WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME A REALITY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY OF: SIGRID AND BOB BUTTON, EVE CALLAHAN AND SCOTT TAYLOR, JOHN CALLAHAN, LYNNE AND JOHN CHUANG, BECKY AND GREG EWER, THE FRY STREET QUARTET, LISA AND CHUCK FARBER, WALTER GRAY, LISA GRUENBERG AND MARTIN CARMICHAEL, TERESA HERLINGER, SUSAN KIRSCHNER, RONNI LACROUTE, SUSAN MANDIBERG AND RICHARD HARRIS, AND GENIE WARE AND JOHN BARSTOW. SPECIAL THANKS TO MACY’S INC., AND THE RALPH AND FANNY ELLISON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR THEIR MEANINGFUL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

PRODUCED BY JESSE LEWIS, GABRIELA LENA FRANK, LOUIS LEVITT, LEO EGUCHI, AND SASHA CALLAHAN ENGINEERED BY JESSE LEWIS | EDITED BY BRETT LEONARD, JESSE LEWIS, AND SHAUNA BARRAVECCHIO MASTERED BY KYLE PYKE AND JESSE LEWIS | ASSISTANT ENGINEERING BY SCOTT TAYLOR COVER ART & ALBUM PACKAGE DESIGN BY MARIAN C. HOLMES | PHOTOGRAPHER: DAN LEWIS RECORDED LIVE IN THE BARREL ROOM AT J. CHRISTOPHER WINES (NEWBERG, OREGON), MARCH 6-9, 2018