Join us on Monday, October 6th at the Civitella Ranieri Castle for Presentations from Andrea Ballou and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Andrea Ballou
Writing, USA
Andrea Ballou is the author of Other Times, Midnight, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize (Persea Books, 2025). A Pushcart Prize nominee, Andrea has received fellowships from the National Resource Council, the Tinker Foundation, and others. She earned her PhD from the University of Chicago in Romance Languages & Literatures and an MFA from Lesley University. Currently she is the Director of the Poetry Lab for Elders at the VNA in Somerville, where she has taught poetry and creative writing since 2018. She divides her time between Massachusetts and mid-coast Maine.
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Music, UK
Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad was born in Essex in 1980 and received her musical education at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, and King’s College London. Her music has been described as “a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition” (The Times), with “a voice overflowing not only with ideas, but also with the discipline and artistry necessary to harness them” (The Scotsman).
Monday, October 6th, 2025
6:00 PM Welcome cocktail
6:15 PM CEST / 12:15 PM EDT Presentations
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