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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rice University alumna Germaine Franco has reached a |
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new milestone in her career by winning the 2023 Grammy Award for |
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Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Franco received this prestigious accolade for |
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her work as the composer for the Disney film Encanto, which also |
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garnered her a nomination for an Academy Award in the Best Original |
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Score category, a first for a Latina; in addition to composing, she |
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provided keyboard and both Latin and orchestral percussion on the |
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film's score; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Franco studied percussion at Rice University's |
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Shepherd School of Music, earning a bachelor's degree in 1984 and a |
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master's in 1987; the following year, she moved to Los Angeles, |
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where she has established a successful career as a composer, |
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songwriter, and orchestrator; she has performed with a number of |
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major international orchestras and artists and worked on media |
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projects ranging from studio blockbusters and television series to |
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documentaries and immersive attractions; moreover, she became the |
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first woman to score a Disney film with her work on Coco, and she was |
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the first Latina invited to join the music branch of the Academy of |
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Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; a Sundance Film Music and Sound |
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Design Lab Fellow, she has received a Shirley Walker Award from the |
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and has been |
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featured in the film Women Who Score; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her skill as a musician and composer, |
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Germaine Franco has made valuable contributions to the music |
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industry, and she is indeed deserving of this most recent honor; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Germaine Franco on winning a 2023 |
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Grammy Award and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Franco as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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A. Johnson of Harris |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 683 was adopted by the House on April |
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5, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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