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BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 21st Anniversary with Showcase Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 26 at Christ and St. Stephens’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a competition to choose the…
From News, posted 6.29.09
Big Band Jazz Showcased at BMI Jazz Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, will highlight the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert is free to the public, and will be held on Friday, June 26 at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church (120 West 69th Street) at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra,…
From News, posted 5.27.09
Conversations: Béla Fleck & Earl Scruggs
Are legends simply born, or are they made? In an exclusive interview for BMI MusicWorld, renowned bluegrass-jazz synergist Béla Fleck sat down with revered five-string banjo godfather Earl Scruggs to discuss evasive and exhilarating composition processes, intertwined personal histories, and the virtuosic value of 10,000 hours. Béla Fleck (BF): So, you’ve been writing banjo tunes for a long time. What’s your writing process? Earl…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.06.09
BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 20th Anniversary with Showcase Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 20th Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 25 at Merkin Concert Hall. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The BMI/New York Jazz…
From News, posted 6.27.08
BMI Jazz Greats Honored at Lincoln Center
BMI jazz greats Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins and the late Art Blakey will be inducted into the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame at an event held June 17 at Lincoln Center Carter, Rollins and Blakey join other BMI jazz legends inducted in previous years, including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Billie…
From News, posted 6.17.08
Max Roach, Lauded Jazz Percussionist, Dies at 83
Max Roach, the musical genius who helped create modern jazz and is considered to be one of the most important drummers in the genre’s history, died August 16 in New York City. He was 83. His cause of death was undisclosed. Roach, a BMI affiliate since 1961, was born Jan. 10, 1924 in New Land, N.C., but later moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn where he began playing drums…
From News, posted 8.17.07
BMI Songwriters Dominate Mojo’s “100 Records That Changed The World”
Mojo, the prominent and influential British music magazine, has selected a list of “100 Records That Changed The World” in their June issue.. The list is described as “The most influential and inspirational recordings ever made, they changed music – the way it was played, bought or even imagined.” A group of prominent songwriters and performers – which include such BMI veterans as Chuck…
From News, posted 7.03.07
BMI Participation Boosts Jazz Appreciation Month
BMI is proud to once again be an anchor sponsor of Jazz Appreciation Month, to be celebrated throughout April. The month-long celebration pays tribute to jazz as a true American art form and features a variety of activities, including performances, film and displays in venues around Washington, D.C. BMI’s Robbin Ahrold plays an active role in the proceedings, representing the company at a number of related events. More information about…
From News, posted 3.30.07
IAJE Conference Spotlights BMI’s Rich Jazz History
BMI continued its long and rich history in both jazz music and music education as a major sponsor of the 34th Annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference, held Jan. 10-13 in New York City. Workshop member Bryan Knox conducts his composition entitled "Seasick." …
From News, posted 1.12.07
BMI Jazz Orchestra to Give Special Concert at IAJE Conference
Members of the esteemed BMI Jazz Composers Workshop are set to perform at a special concert as part of the 34th Annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference, being held Jan. 10-13, 2007, in New York City. The BMI performance will take place Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at 3 p.m. in the Sheraton Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom (811 Seventh Avenue at 52nd Street). This is…
From News, posted 12.13.06
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