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BMI Foundation Establishes L3 Songwriting Scholarship Fund
Porfirio Piña, BMI Foundation Senior Vice President and the BMI Foundation (BMIF) have announced the establishment of the L3 Songwriting Scholarship Fund, to benefit aspiring songwriters and composers of Latin music nationwide.
BMI Foundation Launches 2016 Scholarship Season
The BMI Foundation announced today that it is now accepting online applications for its 2016 Scholarship Season, open to young musicians attending colleges and universities nationwide.
BMI Foundation Awards 9th Annual Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship
Board members of the BMI Foundation (BMIF) recently hosted a luncheon at Broadcast Music, Inc.’s New York City headquarters celebrating current and prior winners of the Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship, an award valued at full tuition for City College of New York (CCNY) music students.
18th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Winners Announced
The winners of the BMI Foundation’s 18th 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 today by Samantha Cox, Vice President of the BMI Foundation and Director of the competition.
BMI Foundation Awards 2015 Grants for Music Education and Performance
The BMI Foundation’s 2015 General Grants Program has awarded over sixty grants to music education programs and performing arts presenters throughout the United States.
David Hertzberg and Gregory Spears Win 2015 Carlos Surinach Commissions
The BMI Foundation has announced that critically-acclaimed emerging composers David Hertzberg and Gregory Spears are the 2015 winners of the Carlos Surinach Commissions, a program which funds the creation of new works by former winners of the BMI Student Composer Awards for premiere with leading contemporary orchestras, chamber music groups, and classical soloists throughout the nation.
Miho Hazama Wins 16th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
Composer Miho Hazama was named the winner of the BMI Foundation’s 16th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission at the BMI Jazz Composer Workshop’s 27th Annual Showcase Concert, held on June 25 at the Christ and St. Stephen’s Church in New York City.
LaGuardia Arts Graduate Rain Johannes Wins 2015 Theodora Zavin Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has announced that college-bound composer and musician Rain Johannes is the winner of the 2015 Theodora Zavin Scholarship, a music study prize named in honor of the Foundation’s late founding President, Theodora Zavin.
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.
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.