Angelina Lopez-Frank
Angelina Lopez-Frank, B.Mus.Composition (University of Wisconsin), M.Mus. (U of Toronto), D. Music (candidate at U of T)
clarinet, saxophone, piano
Wisconsin-born clarinetist Angelina Lopez-Frank is an emerging musician and teacher in the Toronto area. Her love of music began when she started piano lessons at the age of seven, and exploded when she picked up the clarinet in middle school. Angelina was an avid performer in her secondary school years, and was principal clarinet of the Wisconsin State Honors Orchestra and Honors Band for several years. She also played the saxophone in her high school’s award winning jazz band.
Angelina completed her undergraduate degree in Music Performance at the University of Wisconsin where she graduated Magna cum Laude. She studied clarinet with Dr. Splittberger-Rosen, but expanded beyond the classical clarinet to study improvisation with David Hastings. She also took lessons from Donald Oehler of the University of North Carolina and Eric Mandat of Southern Illinois University. She was principal clarinet of the University Wind Ensemble and Orchestra, and was a member of the award winning woodwind quintet/quartet. She also played bass clarinet in the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. As an in demand clarinet clinician, Angelina worked with high school marching bands throughout the state.
Angelina received her Masters of Music Performance degree from the University of Toronto where she studied with Joseph Orlowski of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. She was principal clarinet in the University of Toronto Wind Ensemble in her first year, as well as a member of various chamber groups on both clarinet and bass clarinet.
Angelina has been featured on Wisconsin Public Radio and has performed with musicians of various styles, including Bobby McFerrin, Evelyn Glennie, and James Campbell. She has participated in music festivals in the United States, Canada, and Switzerland, both as a chamber musician and a soloist. As a performer, Angelina’s specialty is classical music, but her artistry is enhanced with experience in traditional klezmer music and jazz.
She has performed with the Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra, Brampton Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, Sneak Peek Orchestra, and the Kindred Spirits Orchestra.
Angelina Lopez-Frank is currently the Clarinet Visiting Artist at the Etobicoke School of the Arts, where she also serves as a panel adjudicator for entrance auditions, as well as Mayfield Secondary School in Brampton. At both schools she teaches motivated clarinet and bass clarinet students in grades nine through twelve, and helps them prepare for student recitals, Royal Conservatory of Music examinations, and university entrance auditions.