BMI Foundation Announces Opening of peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition

The BMI Foundation has announced the opening of the 2nd Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship, a competition for young songwriters and composers. Established by music publisher Ralph Peer II and generously funded by peermusic, a $5,000 scholarship will be awarded for the best song or instrumental composition in a Latin genre.  The 2005 competition is open to students between the ages of 16 and 24 enrolled in colleges and universities located in these select states: California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Puerto Rico and Texas. All words and music must be original.  Official rules and applications materials are available online. You may also obtain materials by writing to: 

Ralph N. Jackson
President, BMI Foundation
Peermusic Latin Scholarship
320 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

The postmark deadline for entries is January 13, 2005.  Founded by Ralph Peer in 1928, peermusic is a global network of music publishing companies operating from 33 offices in 27 countries. With well over a quarter of a million titles in the company’s catalogue, and songs that vary from country, blues, jazz and pop to Latin, concert and rock ‘n’ roll, peermusic is the largest privately owned company of its kind in the world.