BMI Foundation, Inc. is thrilled to announce that LA-based jazz musician Kai Spatzier is the winner of the 2024 BMI Future Jazz Masters Award. The announcement was made on Friday evening at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Annual Jazz Masters Awards Dinner held in celebration of the NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 13th.

BMI Foundation, Inc. presented songwriter and performer Averie Bielski with the 2023 Charlie Feldman Award.

La Fundación BMI anunció que la vigésimo primera edición de la competencia anual peermusic Latin Music Award será representada por el cantautor y productor venezolano Jorge Luis Chacín. Más allá de la beca profesional de $5.000, el premio también incluirá una tutoría artística individual de Chacín.

BMI Foundation, Inc. announced that the 21st annual peermusic Latin Music Award will be represented by Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Jorge Luis Chacín. Beyond the $5,000 career grant, the prize for the award will also include 1:1 artistic mentorship from Chacín.

BMI Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, continues its fundraising efforts to support the creation, performance and study of music. The nonprofit is committed to reaching a goal of $50,000 by the end of this calendar year to fund the many awards, commissions, grants and scholarships it will give throughout 2024.

BMI Foundation, Inc. named composers Louis Stevens and Bryan Garbe as recipients of the 2023 Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring film, television, and video game composers.

Kendra Jae, the recipient of the 2022 BMI Foundation Charlie Feldman Award, will be opening for Victoria Monét’s The Jaguar Tour in her hometown of Sacramento, California on October 9th. Monét announced the lineup for her tour on her social media in September, which will also include performances by Alex Vaughn, Ambre, Lavi$h, Leon Thomas, Tanerélle, and Tone Stith.

BMI Foundation, Inc. has announced the winners of the Curtis Mayfield Scholarships and the Chris Trousdale Dream Awards. Awards for both programs, which include monetary gifts exceeding $30,000, are given to high school students pursuing a career in music.

BMI Foundation presented saxophonist and composer Joseph Herbst with the 2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission for his piece “Where My Dreams Go to Die?” at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop showcase at Symphony Space in June.