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Herbie Hancock to Take Over as LA Philharmonic Creative Chair
Grammy award-winning BMI composer Herbie Hancock will assume the role of Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra creative chair next year. The jazz giant intends to pursue a strategy of cultural and musical “cross-pollination,” integrating visual art including dance and media such as computer graphics and film clips, along with miscellaneous music genres including jazz, into performances. Hancock’s duties will include the hiring and mentorship of new musicians, as well as programming…
From News, posted 8.07.09
BMI Presents 12th Annual BMI Bursary Award to Kichul Park and Christopher Lyons in London
BMI recently presented the 12th annual BMI Student Bursary Award to Royal Academy of Music student composers Kichul Park and Christopher Lyons. The award was presented in London by Brandon Bakshi, BMI Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Europe & Asia. The Bursary Award is a financial stipend given each year through BMI’s London office to graduating students enrolled in the Royal Academy's Music & Applied Media program. Born in Seoul, South…
From News, posted 7.10.09
Steve Reich Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
BMI composer Steve Reich has received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his 2007 piece, Double Sextet. The 22-minute long composition premiered March 26, 2008 in Richmond, Virginia, and was commissioned by the eighth blackbird. The Pulitzer citation called Double Sextet “a major work that displays an ability to channel an initial burst of energy into a large-scale musical event, built with masterful control and consistently…
From News, posted 4.21.09
Recording Academy Announces 2009 Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Award Honorees
Elite BMI songwriters number prominently among the list of 2009 Special Merit Award recipients announced December 22 by the Recording Academy. The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops, and Brenda Lee will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Elliott Carter and Allen Toussaint will each take home the Trustees Award. An invitation-only ceremony Saturday, February 7 in Los Angeles will salute…
From News, posted 1.06.09
2009 BMI Student Composer Awards Competition Opens
The opening of the 57th annual BMI Student Composer Awards competition was announced on Thursday, November 6 by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson. The competition, which is co-sponsored by BMI and the BMI Foundation, will award $20,000 in prizes. Student composers under the age of 28 who are citizens of the Western Hemisphere (North, South and Central America, the Caribbean Island Nations…
From News, posted 11.06.08
56th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
Nine young classical composers, ranging in age from 11 to 26, have been named winners in the 56th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson and BMI Foundation Advisory Panel member Ellen Taaffe Zwilich announced the decisions of the jury and presented the awards at a reception held May 20 at the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel in New York City. Read bios of the Student…
From News, posted 5.20.08
Composer Trio Celebrate In Style
The American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers (ASMAC), along with the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), recently threw a luncheon in honor of members Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis. The event, held at the stylish Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, was in honor of the trio’s successes. The trio have been composing music for film and…
From News, posted 3.01.08
2008 BMI Student Composer Awards Competition Opens
The opening of the 56th annual BMI Student Composer Awards competition was announced today by BMI President and CEO Del Bryant and BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson. The competition, which is co-sponsored by BMI and the BMI Foundation, will award $20,000 in prizes. Student composers under the age of 28 who are citizens of the Western Hemisphere (North, South and Central America, the Caribbean island nations…
From News, posted 11.08.07
Kirsten Volness Wins BMI Foundation’s 2nd Annual Women’s Music Commission
Kirsten Volness has been named the winner of the BMI Foundation’s 2nd Annual Women’s Music Commission and will receive $5,000 to create a new work to be premiered by the Colorado Quartet at Symphony Space in New York City in May, 2008. In making the announcement, BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson said that “the commission commemorates both the 25th anniversary of the Colorado Quartet and the…
From News, posted 7.13.07
BMI Foundation Names Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellowship Winners
Composers David Fleming and Bryan Senti are the winners of the 19th Annual BMI Foundation Pete Carpenter Fellowships, it was announced by BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson. The Fellowship, open to aspiring film and television composers under the age of 35, was established by the BMI Foundation and Carpenter's family, colleagues and friends to honor the late composer, whose credits…
From News, posted 5.27.07
55th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
Eleven young classical composers ranging in age from 15 to 25 have been named winners in the 55th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. BMI President and CEO Del R. Bryant announced the decisions of the jury and presented the awards at a reception held May 21 at the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel in New York City. Milton Babbitt, chairman of the awards, and Ralph N. Jackson, President…
From News, posted 5.24.07
BMI Composers Honored by American Academy of Arts & Letters
BMI composers received some of the most prestigious awards given out by the American Academy of Arts & Letters, which honors the preeminent artists, writers, architects and musicians at work today. The Charles Ives Living Award was given to BMI composer George Tsontakis, who will receive $75,000 annually for the next three years. This award is given to free a promising talent from the need to devote his or her…
From News, posted 5.19.07
BMI Foundation’s Ralph Jackson Receives Letter of Distinction
Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., received the prestigious American Music Center’s Letter of Distinction at a recent reception held at the Chelsea Art Museum. The honor, created to recognize those who have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary American music, also awarded T.J. Anderson and John Corigliano. The American Music Center (AMC) has been awarding the Letter of Distinction annually since 1964. This…
From News, posted 5.10.07
BMI Foundation Announces 18th Annual Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellows
Composers John Kaefer and James Woodward have been named the winners of the 18th Annual Pete Carpenter Fellowships, it was announced by BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson. The Fellowship, open to aspiring film and television composers under the age of 35, was established by the BMI Foundation and Carpenter’s family, colleagues and friends to honor the late…
From News, posted 2.02.07
Polar Prize Goes to Steve Reich and Sonny Rollins
BMI composer Steve Reich and BMI jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins have been named the 2007 winners of the Polar Music Prize. Founded in 1989, the Polar Prize is Sweden’s biggest music award. It is administered by Sweden’s Royal Academy of Music and initially funded by a donation to the Academy by Stig Anderson, manager of the pop group ABBA. The Prize…
From News, posted 1.30.07
First Women’s Music Commission Awarded to Asha Srinivasan
Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., has announced that Asha Srinivasan is the recipient of the first Women's Music Commission. The award, which is given in cooperation with the Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL), includes a $5,000 commission to create a new chamber music work to be premiered at OSL's "Notable Women: A Celebration of Women Composers" in June 2007. Joan Tower, OSL…
From News, posted 12.20.06
Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award
BMI classical composer George Tsontakis has been chosen to receive the Charles Ives Living, presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Tsontakis will receive $75,000 a year for a period of three years, for a total of $225,000, and agrees to forgo all salaried employment during the award period; there is no restriction on accepting composing commissions. Tsontakis will begin his three-year term in July 2007. …
From News, posted 12.12.06
BMI Foundation Announces Carlos Surinach Award Winners
Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., has announced that bassoonist Peter Kolkay is the recipient of the Carlos Surinach Prize, given to an emerging artist in recognition of "outstanding service to American music," and that composer Judah E. Adashi is the winner of the Carlos Surinach Commission. Established by a generous bequest from late BMI classical composer Carlos…
From News, posted 12.06.06
2007 Student Composer Awards Competition Opens
The 55th annual BMI Student Composer Awards competition will award $20,000 to young composers, it was announced today by BMI President and CEO Del Bryant and BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson. The postmark deadline for entering the 2007 competition, which is co-sponsored by BMI and the BMI Foundation, is Saturday, February 3, 2007. The Student Composer Awards were established in 1951 to encourage young…
From News, posted 11.14.06
White House Honors BMI Classical Composer, Bluegrass Legend
Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer William Bolcom and legendary bluegrass artist Ralph Stanley are among the recipients of the 2006 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons through the U.S. government. Presented by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House on Nov. 9, the Arts Medal is awarded to those who "are deserving of…
From News, posted 11.13.06
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