BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rachel Franklin - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rachel Franklin X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rachelfranklin.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rachel Franklin REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20251221T215629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T215634Z UID:4992-1769428800-1769434200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 2 - Entrepreneurs\, Gurus\, Muses\, Nurturers DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nWhen she wasn’t busy building superb instruments for her friend Beethoven\, piano maker Nannette Streicher helped him run his hopelessly disorganized household while barely keeping up with her own. George Sand juggled her successful writing career with supporting the endlessly complex needs of her lover Chopin and raising her two children. Cosima Wagner and Alma Mahler both defied social mores and scandalized their contemporaries with their affairs and marriages to powerful older composers\, becoming their muses and managers. The brilliant Boulanger sisters\, composer Lili and teacher Nadia\, influenced the path of modern composition\, with composers from across the Western world beating a path to Nadia’s door for her uniquely insightful guidance. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-2-entrepreneurs-gurus-muses-nurturers/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T143000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T181204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181207Z UID:4800-1769349600-1769351400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-23/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20251221T214809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T215232Z UID:4985-1768219200-1768224600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 1 - Great Composers DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nTwelfth-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen produced some 70 musical compositions while founding two monasteries and writing countless scientific and theological works. Fanny Mendelssohn’s lovely compositions were published under her brother Felix’s name to avoid social scandal. Clara Schumann combined maintaining an international performing and composing career with raising seven children and caring for her composer husband Robert\, who battled with depression. Franklin explores the great talents of these women\, as well as works by composers including Amy Beach\, Barbara Strozzi\, Margaret Bonds\, and Louise Farrenc. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-1-great-composers/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T181045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181048Z UID:4798-1767898800-1767900600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-22/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250914T181651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T181655Z UID:4868-1765285200-1765288800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 3 - “I never felt more alive...than when working on Porgy and Bess” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nDuBose Heyward’s novel “Porgy” inspired Gershwin to compose what he felt profoundly to be his finest achievement\, consuming him to near exhaustion right up to its opening in 1935. Since then “Porgy and Bess” has taken its place as a beloved and revered opera on the world’s great stages\, occupying a unique role in the history of American art. Performances evolve constantly\, weathering controversy and changing attitudes by virtue of Gershwin’s ravishing music and tender\, compassionate characterizations. Now in 2025\, “Porgy and Bess” remains a radiant expression of Gershwin’s towering creative vision\, honesty and integrity. \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/roundtable-by-the-92nd-street-y-the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-lecture-3-i-never-felt-more-alive-than-when-working-on-porgy-and-bess/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250914T181140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T181353Z UID:4861-1764680400-1764684000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 2 - “Jazz and classical are two languages; I try to speak both” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nGershwin was already a youthful celebrity when his “Rhapsody in Blue” brought him blazing success. However\, his restless imagination and boundless creativity drove him to continue dreaming up new ways to fuse his Jewish\, jazz\, and classical roots\, ignoring both snobbery and bigotry on the way. In addition to major musical productions with his brother Ira such as “Lady Be Good” and “Funny Face”\, we enjoy his virtuosic Concerto in F and his enchanting paean to the City of Light\, “An American in Paris.” \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/roundtable-by-the-92nd-street-y-the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-lecture-2-jazz-and-classical-are-two-languages-i-try-to-speak-both/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250914T174349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T180632Z UID:4850-1764075600-1764079200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 1 - “My people are Americans. My time is today” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFrom his early brilliance as a Tin Pan Alley song plugger to his groundbreaking fusion of classical music and jazz in “Rhapsody in Blue”\, George Gershwin spent his formative years completely re-imagining what American music could be. We begin our 3-part series by tracing his path to the Rhapsody’s electrifying 1924 premiere via enduring musical hits such as “Swanee”\, “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise”\, and “Somebody Loves Me.” \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries-lecture-1-my-people-are-americans-my-time-is-today/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T021729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021732Z UID:4780-1763985600-1763991000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 4 - Operatic Occult DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nExperience an intimately eerie encounter with some of the favorite ghouls and ghosts of the operatic underworld. Selections include excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni\, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw\, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld\, Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman\, and other works. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-4-operatic-occult/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T184316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T185937Z UID:4829-1763665200-1763670600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:SONOS Trio at the Oxford Community Center: "Paris\, The Crazy Years" DESCRIPTION:https://oxfordcc.org/product/rachel-franklin-sonos-concert/\n \n \n \n \n \n Paris: The Crazy Years is classic SONOS\, a fascinating\, immersive tribute to America’s momentous 1917 entry into the First World War\, and the extraordinary period in Paris that followed\, known as the Crazy Years – les Années Folles. Our journey through the City of Light glitters with music by Debussy\, Gershwin\, Ravel\, Thelonious Monk\, Cole Porter and more. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/sonos-trio-at-the-oxford-community-center-paris-the-crazy-years/ LOCATION:Oxford Community Center\, 200 Oxford Road\, Oxford\, MD\, 21654\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SONOS-PARIS-2025-.Outside_cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T021426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021504Z UID:4768-1763380800-1763386200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 3 - Faeries\, Trolls\, and Mystical Maidens DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe enchanted creatures of myth never cease to fascinate. Purcell\, Mendelssohn\, Grieg\, Debussy\, and Sibelius wrote many works that draw from mythological roots\, frequently via the great literature of Shakespeare\, Ibsen and others. Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen\, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Peer Gynt by Grieg\, and Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius are all magnificent examples of the genre. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-3-faeries-trolls-and-mystical-maidens/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T180930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180934Z UID:4796-1763233200-1763235000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-21/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T021303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021528Z UID:4763-1762776000-1762781400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 2 - Grimm\, Perrault\, and Andersen: Masters of Enchantment DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe magical tales told by Charles Perrault\, Hans Christian Andersen\, and the Brothers Grimm have provided the inspiration for many classical masterpieces. Franklin compares the varied approaches taken in such beloved works as Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty ballet\, very different versions of the Cinderella story by Rossini and Prokofiev\, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel\, The Mermaid by Zemlinsky\, and The Fairy’s Kiss by Stravinsky. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-2-grimm-perrault-and-andersen-masters-of-enchantment/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T143000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T180752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180756Z UID:4794-1762696800-1762698600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-20/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T021125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021618Z UID:4757-1762171200-1762176600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 1 - Six of the Scariest DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nFresh from Halloween\, as the days draw darker and strange spirits linger\, Liszt’s Totentanz\, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre\, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain\, and other bone-chillers set the tone for an atmosphere of sorcery and witchcraft. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-1-six-of-the-scariest/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250914T184419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T184649Z UID:4872-1762111800-1762115400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin in recital at Riderwood Village\, Montgomery County\, MD: "The Great Composer Pianists" DESCRIPTION:https://riderwoodlife.com/performing-arts-council/pac-chapel-series/ URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-in-recital-at-riderwood-village-montgomery-county-md-the-great-composer-pianists/ LOCATION:Riderwood Village\, 3140 Gracefield Rd.\, Silver Spring\, 20904\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rachel-franklin-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Riderwood Village":MAILTO:questions@riderwoodlife.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T020707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T020711Z UID:4754-1761652800-1761658200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music - The Soul of Movement\, Lecture 4 - Ballet’s Diaspora DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Audiences love the spectacle and the sets\, adore the costumes\, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers\, and above all we are moved and exalted by the music. While dance is as old as we are\, ballet is a much more recent evolution. By tracing ballet’s rapid journey from French courtly dance to an internationally beloved artform\, we find its path travels directly through the magnificent scores of composers like Debussy\, Stravinsky\, Copland\, and of course\, Tchaikovsky. \nIn a 4-session series\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and historic and contemporary film clips to illustrate how the music from such ballet masterpieces as Giselle\, Swan Lake\, Daphnis and Chloë\, Le Sacre du Printemps\, and Appalachian Spring became a treasured part of our cultural landscape. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe United States saw some of the finest ballet creations of the 20th century. Aaron Copland created scores of enormous beauty working with the great choreographers Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham\, and jazz found its way naturally into masterpieces by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins. Franklin also looks at how choreographers such as Balanchine\, Ashton\, and Macmillan used classical music not originally composed for ballet. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-ballet-music-the-soul-of-movement-lecture-4-ballets-diaspora/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ballet-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250914T185938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T190200Z UID:4881-1761593400-1761597000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin at the Keese School: "The Pianistic Genius of Fryderyk Chopin" DESCRIPTION:https://www.keeseschool.org/\n \n \n \n \n \n Because of both his fragile health and the exquisite patina of his style\, our understanding of Chopin’s playing is sometimes clouded by romantic myth. While he only enjoyed performing for private audiences\, many reports show him to have been a mesmerizing player with a piano technique and harmony so revolutionary that it left other composes scrambling to keep up. \nWith live piano demonstrations\, performances and recordings\, speaker and concert pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin explores the creative output of this extraordinary and enigmatic genius. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-at-the-keese-school-the-pianistic-genius-of-fryderyk-chopin/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KeeseSchool.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T180539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180542Z UID:4791-1761246000-1761247800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-19/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T020440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T020444Z UID:4750-1761048000-1761053400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music - The Soul of Movement\, Lecture 3 - Diaghilev\, the Dream Weaver DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Audiences love the spectacle and the sets\, adore the costumes\, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers\, and above all we are moved and exalted by the music. While dance is as old as we are\, ballet is a much more recent evolution. By tracing ballet’s rapid journey from French courtly dance to an internationally beloved artform\, we find its path travels directly through the magnificent scores of composers like Debussy\, Stravinsky\, Copland\, and of course\, Tchaikovsky. \nIn a 4-session series\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and historic and contemporary film clips to illustrate how the music from such ballet masterpieces as Giselle\, Swan Lake\, Daphnis and Chloë\, Le Sacre du Printemps\, and Appalachian Spring became a treasured part of our cultural landscape. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nHe didn’t dance\, choreograph\, or compose\, but nonetheless Serge Diaghilev was a ballet alchemist. From his command post in Paris he gathered extraordinary talents together from across the artistic universe to create new\, epochal ballet events that would shape dance up until the present day. Despite stormy relationships with most of them\, Diaghilev managed to persuade luminaries such as Ravel\, Debussy\, Manuel de Falla\, Stravinsky\, and Prokofiev to compose an unparalleled collection of scores for his legendary Ballets Russes. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-ballet-music-the-soul-of-movement-lecture-3-diaghilev-the-dream-weaver/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ballet-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T180421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180425Z UID:4789-1760814000-1760815800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-18/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T020116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T020201Z UID:4746-1760443200-1760448600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music - The Soul of Movement\, Lecture 2 - Tchaikovsky Changes Everything DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Audiences love the spectacle and the sets\, adore the costumes\, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers\, and above all we are moved and exalted by the music. While dance is as old as we are\, ballet is a much more recent evolution. By tracing ballet’s rapid journey from French courtly dance to an internationally beloved artform\, we find its path travels directly through the magnificent scores of composers like Debussy\, Stravinsky\, Copland\, and of course\, Tchaikovsky. \nIn a 4-session series\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and historic and contemporary film clips to illustrate how the music from such ballet masterpieces as Giselle\, Swan Lake\, Daphnis and Chloë\, Le Sacre du Printemps\, and Appalachian Spring became a treasured part of our cultural landscape. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nTchaikovsky declared\, “I totally fail to understand how the expression ‘ballet music’ can be something disapproving!” He fought for his dance scores to be taken as seriously as his other works. His exquisite vision of fairytale beauty demanded an entirely new level of choreographic expression\, and both dancers and choreographers struggled to match his dramatic sweep. By surveying the history of Swan Lake\, The Nutcracker\, and The Sleeping Beauty\, Franklin offers insights into a new tradition of dance music that laid the groundwork for our richest ballet experiences today. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-ballet-music-the-soul-of-movement-lecture-2-tchaikovsky-changes-everything/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ballet-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T180247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180251Z UID:4787-1760209200-1760211000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-17/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250729T015800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T020006Z UID:4736-1759838400-1759843800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Ballet Music - The Soul of Movement\, Lecture 1 - From the Ballet de la Nuit to Coppélia: Desperately Seeking Composers DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/ballet-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Audiences love the spectacle and the sets\, adore the costumes\, and thrill to the brilliance and beauty of the choreography and the performers\, and above all we are moved and exalted by the music. While dance is as old as we are\, ballet is a much more recent evolution. By tracing ballet’s rapid journey from French courtly dance to an internationally beloved artform\, we find its path travels directly through the magnificent scores of composers like Debussy\, Stravinsky\, Copland\, and of course\, Tchaikovsky. \nIn a 4-session series\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and historic and contemporary film clips to illustrate how the music from such ballet masterpieces as Giselle\, Swan Lake\, Daphnis and Chloë\, Le Sacre du Printemps\, and Appalachian Spring became a treasured part of our cultural landscape. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nBallet is a unique experience in performance art\, but what really takes it to its greatest heights is the musical score. It’s a bald but undeniable fact that the finest ballets are driven by the finest music. But finding composers who understood how to write for dance wasn’t always easy. Franklin follows ballet’s escape from the French court\, its long-standing partnership with opera\, and the first great scores by Gluck\, Beethoven\, Adolphe Adam\, and Léo Delibes. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-ballet-music-the-soul-of-movement-lecture-1-from-the-ballet-de-la-nuit-to-coppelia-desperately-seeking-composers/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ballet-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250913T175948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T175951Z UID:4784-1758999600-1759001400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-16/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T201500 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T174628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T175450Z UID:4139-1754419500-1754424900@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Georges Bizet and Carmen - A Life in Music\, a Legacy in Opera DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/georges-bizet-and-carmen\n \n \n \n \n \n When Georges Bizet died suddenly and tragically at the early age of 36 in 1875\, his new opera\, Carmen\, had just been dubbed a humiliating failure\, panned by critics at its Paris premiere barely three months beforehand. Bizet would never know that only a few months later its performances in Vienna\, St. Petersburg\, London\, and New York were triumphant\, and this vibrant and revolutionary work has never been absent from the world’s opera stages since then. \nIn this 150th anniversary year of both Bizet’s death and Carmen’s birth\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin explores how\, despite enjoying only modest success during his lifetime\, Bizet’s innovative\, emotionally compelling style has influenced countless composers and profoundly shaped opera history to this day. Additional works showcased include his opera The Pearl Fishers\, the Symphony in C\, and his L’Arlésienne Suites. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-georges-bizet-and-carmen-a-life-in-music-a-legacy-in-opera/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bizet_Carmen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T173738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T173742Z UID:4133-1753272000-1753277400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Exquisite Enigma of Maurice Ravel\, Lecture 2 - "I never look back. I do not want to repeat myself." DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/maurice-ravel\n \n \n \n \n \n “Music should be the beautiful\, fragile wing of the soul. It should enchant\, caress\, and disturb.”  —Maurice Ravel \nThe music of Ravel brings a unique form of magnetism\, delicacy\, passion\, and a frisson of disquiet to our concert experience. Beneath his shimmering sound canvases lie an extraordinary craft and fanatical precision that underpins every silken phrase and melody. Concert pianist and speaker Rachel Franklin celebrates Ravel’s 150th birthday by exploring a wide range of his works from such greatly loved masterpieces as Daphnis et Chloé and La Valse to solo display works like Tzigane that dazzle with their beauty and technical brilliance. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nFollowing devastating experiences at the front during the Great War\, Ravel used irony\, jazz\, cabaret and other modern popular styles to extend his language and express his evolving aesthetic. Whatever style he chose to explore\, his music remained utterly individual\, both intensely sophisticated and profoundly moving. Listen to selections from his opera L’enfant et les sortilèges\, piano concertos for one and both hands\, and works that directly reflect the tragic war years\, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-the-exquisite-enigma-of-maurice-ravel-lecture-2-i-never-look-back-i-do-not-want-to-repeat-myself/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ravel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T173324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T174103Z UID:4127-1752667200-1752672600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: The Exquisite Enigma of Maurice Ravel\, Lecture 1 - "I am neither a romantic nor a classic. I am myself." DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/maurice-ravel\n \n \n \n \n \n “Music should be the beautiful\, fragile wing of the soul. It should enchant\, caress\, and disturb.”  —Maurice Ravel \nThe music of Ravel brings a unique form of magnetism\, delicacy\, passion\, and a frisson of disquiet to our concert experience. Beneath his shimmering sound canvases lie an extraordinary craft and fanatical precision that underpins every silken phrase and melody. Concert pianist and speaker Rachel Franklin celebrates Ravel’s 150th birthday by exploring a wide range of his works from such greatly loved masterpieces as Daphnis et Chloé and La Valse to solo display works like Tzigane that dazzle with their beauty and technical brilliance. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nIn the years before World War I Ravel carved out a highly distinctive path for himself as a young innovator\, creating ravishing sonic worlds that both seduced and confused his listeners. Selections include his ballet Daphnis et Chloé\, piano works Jeux d’Eau and Gaspard de la Nuit\, and his String Quartet in F. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-the-exquisite-enigma-of-maurice-ravel-lecture-1-i-am-neither-a-romantic-nor-a-classic-i-am-myself/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ravel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T180659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T180703Z UID:4166-1751371200-1751376600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Art Meets Music - A Duet of Visual Artists and Composers\, Lecture 4 - The Artist as Musician\, the Composer as Model DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/art-meets-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Music and the visual arts have always walked hand in hand. For millennia\, artists have obsessed about how to represent music’s invisible beauty\, just as composers have sought to render art’s vibrant colors in pure sound. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin leads a fascinating exploration into the intimate relationship between the visible and invisible arts and how music can literally bind the arts together. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMany great artists were also musicians. Ingres\, Delacroix\, Klee\, and Matisse\, all were passionate instrumentalists. How did their deep friendships with composers and constant musical immersion shape their art? Franklin delves into the meaning behind some famous portraits of Chopin and Paganini and considers how Matisse and Klee expressed the essential presence of music in their own lives. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-art-meets-music-a-duet-of-visual-artists-and-composers-lecture-4-the-artist-as-musician-the-composer-as-model/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ArtMeetsMusic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T180019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T180022Z UID:4156-1750766400-1750771800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Art Meets Music - A Duet of Visual Artists and Composers\, Lecture 3 - The Sharps: Family Harmony DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/art-meets-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Music and the visual arts have always walked hand in hand. For millennia\, artists have obsessed about how to represent music’s invisible beauty\, just as composers have sought to render art’s vibrant colors in pure sound. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin leads a fascinating exploration into the intimate relationship between the visible and invisible arts and how music can literally bind the arts together. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMeet the Sharps. Behind Johan Joseph Zoffany’s joyful late-18th-century portrait of a musical party on the Thames that depicts the family of Granville Sharp playing together lies a powerful celebration of social harmony and a true commitment to justice. Franklin explores this fascinating intersection of art\, music\, and history to find that the entertaining Sharps have a harmonious message for today: love music\, give back\, and always wear big hats. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-art-meets-music-a-duet-of-visual-artists-and-composers-lecture-3-the-sharps-family-harmony/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ArtMeetsMusic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T133000 DTSTAMP:20260421T005850 CREATED:20250621T175702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T180355Z UID:4151-1750161600-1750167000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Art Meets Music - A Duet of Visual Artists and Composers\, Lecture 2 - Symbols and Allegories: Art’s Hidden Musical Codes DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/art-meets-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Music and the visual arts have always walked hand in hand. For millennia\, artists have obsessed about how to represent music’s invisible beauty\, just as composers have sought to render art’s vibrant colors in pure sound. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin leads a fascinating exploration into the intimate relationship between the visible and invisible arts and how music can literally bind the arts together. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nHumans have been playing music for more than 40\,000 years and images of us with our instruments abound from Neolithic times onwards. From intimate family portraits to massive historical\, religious\, and allegorical artworks\, music and musicians are embedded throughout the history of art. Many of these works contain secret codes that contemporary viewers would have understood. Franklin interprets glorious paintings by artists such as Lippi\, Vermeer\, and Hogarth and offers music that would have been performed at the time. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-art-meets-music-a-duet-of-visual-artists-and-composers-lecture-2-symbols-and-allegories-arts-hidden-musical-codes/ LOCATION:MD ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ArtMeetsMusic.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR