Known for her “bold and bracing” (Baltimore Sun) opera writing, Frances Pollock’s music “pulls no punches and never flinches.” (City Paper). This past season, Frances wrote for Opera Omaha, Bel Cantanti Opera, and Chautauqua Opera Company. Frances’ first opera, Stinney, won a Johns Hopkins Diversity Grant and a Best of Baltimore award. It was presented at the 2019 PROTOTYPE festival. Frances has since written operas for WNO, Chicago Lyric, and Seattle Opera. Frances is a founding member of the Midnight Oil Collective, where she is developing Salt with librettist/wife and best friend Emily Roller. She is finishing her doctorate at Yale.