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Christian X. M. McGhee Awarded 2023 BMI Future Jazz Masters Award
Christian X. M. McGhee was awarded the 2023 BMI Future Jazz Master Award at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) annual celebration of the Jazz Masters Fellows at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. McGhee was selected by a panel of NEA Jazz Masters for his talent and potential as a jazz performer and composer.
2021 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Winners Announced
The BMI Foundation has announced six members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
2021 David N. Baker Jazz Prize Awarded
The BMI Foundation, in partnership with Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music, has selected Garrett Fasig as the winner of the 2021 David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, named in honor of the revered jazz musician, educator, and founder of IU’s Jazz Studies program.
Alec Schulman is Fifth Annual Future Jazz Masters Winner
The BMI Foundation has awarded Alec Schulman the 2020 BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship. The $5,000 prize is typically awarded at BMI's celebration of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellows, but with that event delayed, the winner was announced online by BMI Director of Musical Theater and Jazz Patrick Cook.
BMI Foundation Presents 2019 Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation has announced seven members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
Jihye Lee Wins 19th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
Jazz composer and vocalist Jihye Lee was named the winner of the BMI Foundation’s 19th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission at the 30th annual BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Concert, held on June 14, 2018, at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre in New York City.
BMI Foundation Presents 2018 Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation has announced eight members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
Sara Sithi-Amnuai Awarded Fourth Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has selected Sara Sithi-Amnuai as the winner of this year’s BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship.
Remy Le Boeuf Wins 18th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
Saxophonist and composer Remy Le Boeuf was named the winner of the BMI Foundation’s 18th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission at the 29th annual BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Concert, held on June 6, 2017, at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre in New York City.
BMI Foundation Presents 2017 Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation has announced seven members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
BMI Foundation Presents 2016 Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation has announced seven members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
Second Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship Winner Announced
Pat Cook, BMI Foundation Board Member and Director of the BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship, has announced Chris Otts as the winner of the second annual competition for the award.
BMI Foundation Presents 2015 Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation has announced nine members of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards For Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the newly established Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit in Lyric Writing.
Patrick Cook Elected to BMI Foundation Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the BMI Foundation has announced BMI Director of Musical Theatre and Jazz Patrick Cook as its newly elected member. Formed by BMI employees in 1985, the BMI Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the creation, performance, and study of contemporary American music.