On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 members of the Alumnae Association and SFGC parents attended a discussion and reception featuring Lisa Bielawa ’84. There was also a special open rehearsal access for Chorissima and the Alumnae Chorus. The event took place at the Kanbar Performing Arts Center, 44 Page Street, San Francisco, CA.
Lisa is a 1984 laureate, Yale graduate, member of the Philip Glass Ensemble, and a successful musician based on the East Coast. She is also a 2009 Rome Prize winner in Musical Composition, currently in residence at the American Academy in Rome from September 2009 to August 2010. Past winners of the Rome Prize include Aaron Copland and John Adams. Lisa also co-founded Music At The Anthology or MATA, an organization dedicated to young composers and the commissioning and premiering of their works, where she served as Artistic Director for ten years and is now the Artistic Director Emeritus.
L to R: Natasha Hoehn ’90, Lisa Bielawa ’84, Alissa Kingsbury McLean ’86, Jocelyn Newman ’89, and Hannah Appel ’94
Lisa is a featured artist at the Other Minds Festival March 4-6, 2010 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. To learn more about the Festival and how to attend, please go to www.otherminds.org
Viva La Musica!
Event Moderator
Alissa Kingsbury McLean ’86
