News
- BMI Workshop Students Honored with Harrington Awards
- Daniela Blau Wins peermusic Latin Scholarship
- BMI Foundation, Pepsi Blue Carpet Bash Bow Music Enrichment Fund Scholarship
- 2008 John Lennon Scholarship Winners Announced
- 56th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
- Dan Visconti Wins Boudleaux Bryant Commission
Programs
- Pepsi Blue Carpet Bash Latin Scholarship
- Women’s Music Commission
- Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program
- peermusic Latin Scholarship
- John Lennon Scholarships
- BMI Student Composer Awards
- Pete Carpenter Fellowship
- Lionel Newman Conducting Scholarship
- Robert Sherman Scholarship
- General Grants
- Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
- Carlos Surinach Commissions
- Boudleaux Bryant Commissions
- Jerry Bock Musical Theatre Award
- Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards
- Jean Pratt Scholarship
- Joseph A. Carriere Scholarship
- Milton Adolphus Award
- Harriette Schiff Roth Scholarship
- Theodora Zavin Scholarship
BMI Foundation, Inc.
BMI Foundation, Inc.
320 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
info@bmifoundation.org
BMI Student Composer Awards
for classical composers
The BMI Student Composer Awards is a competition for young composers of classical music. Founded in 1951, the competition has become one of the most coveted and prestigious awards for young composers in the Western Hemisphere.
Co-sponsored by the BMI Foundation and by BMI, the awards are made on an annual basis for compositions submitted by students actively engaged in the study of music and all works are judged under pseudonyms. The current Advisory Board for the competition includes John C. Adams, Del Byant, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Norman Dello Joio, Donald J. Erb, Susan Feder, Ralph N. Jackson, Andrew Imbrie, Leon Kirchner, Lalo Schifrin, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Robert Thompson, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The Awards Chairman is Milton Babbitt.
Applicants must be citizens of countries in the Western Hemisphere and must be either enrolled in accredited public, private or parochial secondary schools, in accredited colleges or conservatories of music, or engaged in private study of music with recognized and established teachers. Applicants must be under the age of 28 as of the competition postmark deadline. The postmark deadline is usually in early February and applications are available as of the preceding November.
A special William Schuman Prize, given in memory of the late William Schuman, who served for 40 years as Chairman, then Chairman Emeritus, of the BMI Student Composer Awards, is awarded to the composer whose work is judged “most outstanding” in the competition. Additionally, two special Carlos Surinach Prizes, underwritten by a fund established by the late composer, are awarded annually to the two youngest winners of the competition.
Additional information about this program may be requested by writing to:
Mr. Ralph N. Jackson, Director
BMI Student Composer Awards
320 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
or to: classical@bmi.com