SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
BOOK GERMAINE FRANCO
Award-Winning Composer, Music Producer, and Songwriter
- Women and Girls Empowerment
- Inspiring Women
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
- Latinx & Hispanic Culture
- Diversity in Media
- Education
- College & University
- Storytelling Through Music
- Creativity
- Words & Music
- Composer
- Music Producer
- Songwriter
- Arranger/ Orchestrator
- Musicians
- Entrepreneurship
GERMAINE FRANCO: Biography at a Glance
- Named one of 15 Latinas who are “Changing The World As We Know It” by Univision, along with Rita Moreno and Emma Gonzalez
- Germaine Franco’s body of work includes scoring feature films, documentaries, television, video games, and interactive media
- Franco is the first Latina and woman of color to receive a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for her work on Encanto
- Franco is the sixth woman and first woman of color to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
- Franco is the first female composer to score a Disney Animated Feature
- Franco is the only female composer to hold two Annie Awards for Best Music in a Feature (Coco and Encanto)
- Her work for Encanto includes an SCL Award for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film, a Billboard Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and a World Soundtrack Awards nomination for Film Composer of the Year in 2022
- In 2019, Franco was the only woman and woman of color to score two of the 100 top-grossing films with Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Little, across the entire industry
- Franco is an advocate for arts education for individuals of all ages. She is a board member of the Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights
- Franco gives frequent lectures and workshops worldwide at various corporations, universities, public and private schools, and cultural events.
- She was a guest artist at Juilliard’s Film Music Lecture Series
- She has presented at Brown University, Rice University, USC, Columbia University, Emerson College, UCLA, Viborg Visuals in Denmark, Education Through Music Los Angeles among others.
- Franco is a Sundance Music and Sound Design Fellow and Mentor and Women in Film Fellow
- Additional credits include The Mother, Work It, The Sleepover, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Little, Tag, The Casagrandes, and Curious George
- Germaine’s work has been performed in concert halls around the world, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall with The Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The San Francisco Symphony, The Puerto Rico Symphony, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Symphony, The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
MEDIA
- IMDb: Germaine Franco
- NPR: Sure, ‘Encanto’ has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove
- Heavyocity: Spotlight on Germaine Franco (Film Score Composer)
- Motion Picture Association: “Coco” and “Encanto” Composer Germaine Franco on Finding Musical Inspiration at its Source
- MixCloud: The Composer Series – Germaine Franco Discusses the Music of ‘Dora and the Lost City Of Gold’ with Jon Brown
- Avid: Customer Stories
- BBC
- Vanity Fair
- LA Times
- Rice University Magazine
- People En Espanol
Videos
Germaine has taken great joy in being a guest speaker, educator and lecturer with the following clients/partners:
Germaine was our unanimous first choice for keynote speaker at the Raíces a Ramas Gala to celebrate 50 years of Latinx and Hispanic life at our university. Her compelling message of developing your craft, relying on your community for support, and opening the door for others left an indelible mark on those in attendance.
Germaine Franco has been an invited industry guest to Emerson College on two separate occasions. Each time, her presence and engagement with students has exceeded our expectations.
Germaine Franco’s role as the keynote speaker at the 2022 Aliviane Behavioral Health Conference was nothing short of transformative. Her remarkable ability to intertwine culture, therapeutic environments, and trauma resiliency left a lasting impression. Her insights enriched our entire community, making her participation an unequivocal success
Germaine Franco is an incredible and generous artist, advocate, and inspiration to the Neighborhood Music School community … She encourages them [the students] to be bold, prepared, and joyful musicians and performers … with authenticity, integrity, and an energy that is unstoppable!
It has been a privilege to work with her and to know that I can make music loudly and beautifully.
She is such an inspiration to me and has a beautiful personality.
[I]t was her attention to detail and dedication to perfection that truly stood out.