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BMI Foundation Awards 2016 Grants to Music Nonprofits Nationwide
The BMI Foundation’s 2016 General Grants Program has awarded funding for over fifty music education programs, service and artistic development organizations, and performing arts presenters throughout the United States.
BMI Foundation Awards 11th 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 Laura Hayden and William Andrews as the winners of the eleventh 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.
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.
Belmont Student Katie Pruitt Wins First Annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship
Clay Bradley, BMI Foundation (BMIF) Board Member and Director of the Nashville Songwriting Scholarship competition, has announced that Katie Pruitt is the winner of the first annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship of the BMI Foundation.
64th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
The BMI Foundation (BMIF), in collaboration with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), has announced the nine young classical composers, ages 15 to 27, who have been named winners of the 64th annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
BMI Foundation Chosen as Beneficiary of 21st Annual Key West Songwriters Festival
The 21st annual Key West Songwriters Festival (KWSWF), presented by Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI), raised more than $6,500.00 to benefit its principal charity partner for music education and performance, the BMI Foundation.
BMI Foundation Reinstates Pete Carpenter Fellowship With Sonic Fuel Studios
The BMI Foundation is pleased to announce the reinstatement of the annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring film, television, and video game composers.
Inaugural David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship Awarded
The BMI Foundation (BMIF), in partnership with Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music, has awarded the inaugural David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship in memory of the revered jazz musician, educator, and founder of IU’s Jazz Studies program.
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 Sponsors Passerine Project Musical Benefit
The BMI Foundation (BMIF) sponsored a performance showcase as the culmination of the 2015 Passerine Project songwriting workshop on November 6, 2015 at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in New York City.
Berklee College of Music Awarded $5,000 Jazz Composition Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has awarded Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music with a $5,000 scholarship to support an undergraduate student demonstrating outstanding achievement in jazz composition. Harpist Nicolas Castañeda was chosen as the scholarship recipient based on academic and artistic excellence by Berklee’s Jazz Composition and Contemporary Writing and Production faculties.
BMI Foundation to Award First David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship
The BMI Foundation (BMIF) is pleased to announce that the newly instated David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship will be awarded for the first time in the spring of 2016.
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.