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BMI Foundation Awards 10th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship
BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick, Woody Guthrie Center Executive Director Deana McCloud, and Woody Guthrie Foundation President Nora Guthrie have announced Christy Miller and Gustavus Stadler as the winners of the tenth annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship, a research program for scholars pursuing topics or themes related to the life and legacy of American folk music progenitor Woody Guthrie.
63rd Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
The BMI Foundation, in collaboration with Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), has announced the nine young classical composers, ages 14 to 26, who have been named winners of the 63rd annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
Berklee Student Nicolás Farias Wins 12th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship
Porfirio Piña, Senior Vice President of the BMI Foundation and Director of the peermusic Latin Scholarship competition, has announced that Nicolás Farias is the winner of the 12th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship.
BMI Foundation Announces BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
Deirdre Chadwick, President of the BMI Foundation, and Mike O’Neill, President and CEO of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and Honorary Chair of the BMI Foundation, announced today the establishment of the BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship, to benefit emerging jazz performers.
BMI Foundation, GRAMMY Museum, and SongHall Celebrate Steve Tyrell with Legends of Song
The BMI Foundation proudly joined forces with the GRAMMY Museum and Songwriters Hall of Fame (SongHall) to present a very special, sold-out evening with GRAMMY Award-winning artist, songwriter, and producer Steve Tyrell in celebration of his eleventh album, That Lovin’ Feeling, on Wednesday, March 4, at the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles.
John Lennon Scholarship Winner Competes in American Idol Semifinals
Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter JAX, second-place winner of the BMI Foundation’s 17th annual John Lennon Scholarships, has advanced to the semifinal rounds of FOX’s top-rated primetime vocal competition series American Idol.
GRAMMY-Winning Vocalist Steve Tyrell and BMI SHOF Inductees Celebrate That Lovin’ Feeling
The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) and BMI Foundation present an intimate evening with BMI songwriter and GRAMMY-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell and SHOF inductees Jeff Carry, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Mike Stoller, in celebration of Tyrell’s eleventh album release, That Lovin’ Feeling.
BMI Foundation Honorees Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Win Two GRAMMYs for Frozen
The BMI Foundation proudly congratulates Broadway composers Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, past recipients of the Foundation’s first annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards, for their two GRAMMY wins at the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, February 8, 2015.
BMI Foundation Hosts Inaugural Benefit Concert Featuring American Authors
The BMI Foundation hosted its inaugural benefit concert featuring platinum-selling, alternative-rock band American Authors on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015, at Broadcast Music Inc.’s New York City headquarters. Proceeds from the event provided essential support for the BMI Foundation’s work on behalf of music students, composers, performers, researchers, and other nonprofit arts organizations nationwide.
American Authors Concert to Benefit BMI Foundation
The BMI Foundation announced today that the multi-platinum pop-rock band American Authors will perform a benefit concert in support of the Foundation’s music performance and education initiatives.
BMI Foundation Introduces the Jeffery Cotton Awards
The BMI Foundation is very pleased to introduce the Jeffery Cotton Awards, an additional grant for which presenting organizations may apply as a part of their proposal for the 2015 General Grants.
10th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Announced
Deirdre Chadwick, President of the BMI Foundation, and Deana McCloud, Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Center and Archives, have announced the opening of the 10th annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship.
12th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition Announced
The BMI Foundation has announced the opening of the 12th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship competition: a program for student songwriters and composers of original Latin music.
12do Concurso Anual Para Becas en Música Latina peermusic
La Fundación BMI ha anunciado la apertura del XII concurso anual de becas para música latina peermusic: un programa para estudiantes cantautores y compositores de música latina original.
18th Annual John Lennon Scholarships Competition Announced
The BMI Foundation has announced the opening of the 18th annual John Lennon Scholarships competition. The 2015 program will award three scholarships totaling $20,000 to U.S. college-student songwriters for the best original songs submitted to the competition.
63rd Annual BMI Student Composer Awards Competition Announced
Broadcast Music, Inc. President and CEO Michael O’Neill and BMI Foundation President and Student Composer Awards Director Deirdre Chadwick have announced the opening of the 63rd annual BMI Student Composer Awards competition.
17th Annual John Lennon Scholarships Winners Announced
The winners of the BMI Foundation’s 17th Annual John Lennon Scholarships, a program that recognizes the nation’s best and brightest young songwriters between the ages of 17 and 24, were announced by Samantha Cox, Vice President of the BMI Foundation and Director of the competition.
Samuel Zagnit Wins Theodora Zavin Scholarship
The BMI Foundation proudly presented the 2014 Theodora Zavin Scholarship to Samuel Zagnit in a private ceremony at the BMI offices at 7 World Trade Center in New York City on September 8.
Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Member Andrew Monroe Wins Jerry Bock Award
The 2014 Jerry Bock Award, which is given for the most promising new musical to be written in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, was presented at a luncheon at Broadcast Music Inc.’s New York office on June 17, 2014.
Monica Fernandez of Berklee Chosen for peermusic Latin Scholarship
Porfirio Piña, Director of the BMI Foundation’s peermusic Latin Scholarship, has announced that Monica Fernandez is the winner of the 11th annual competition for the award.