Jihye Lee Awarded Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission
![Pictured (L-R) are Jazz Composers Workshop Associate Musical Director Ted Nash, Charlie Parker Prize and Manny Albam Commission winner Jihye Lee, JCW Musical Director Andy Farber, and BMI's Director of Jazz & Musical Theatre, Patrick Cook, at the annual BMI Jazz Composers Workshop competition and concert.](/images/news/2018/_770/Jazz_Composers_1.jpeg)
The work of the best and brightest new jazz composers who attended this year’s BMI Jazz Composers Workshop was featured in a free concert in NYC recently to determine the winner of this year’s prestigious Charlie Parker Prize and Manny Albam Commission. Hosted by musical director Andy Farber and judged by a seasoned panel of jazz aficionados including Darcy James Argue, Alan Broadbent and Ed Neumeister, the winning composition was Jihye Lee’s “Unshakeable Mind.”
In receiving the honor, Lee was awarded a $3,000 commission to compose a new piece that will premiere at next year’s showcase, again featuring the 17-piece BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra. Last year’s prize winner, Remi LaBoeuf, performed his commissioned work, “Sibbian,” to close out the long-awaited evening of jazz.
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