News
- 2009 John Lennon Scholarship Winners Announced
- 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
- BMI Foundation Awards 4th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowships
- Jorge Luis Rodriguez Wins peermusic Latin Scholarship
- Gary Cannizzo Elected Treasurer of BMI Foundation
- BMI Foundation Names Matthew Janszen Winner of Pete Carpenter Fellowship
Programs
- 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
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Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
This prize is awarded annually to the best new work created in the
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BMI Jazz Composers Workshop and is named for the jazz legand, Charlie Parker. The winner is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges at the annual workshop showcase concert, held each year in New York City. Included in the prize is a $3,000 commission to write a new work to be premiered at the following years showcase concert.
Previous winners include: Rufus Reid (2000), Jamie Begian (2001), Noriko Ueda (2002).


