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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.
2016 Pete Carpenter Fellowship Winner Talks Film Scoring & Working With Award-winning BMI Composers
23-year-old composer and Berklee film scoring graduate Casey Kolb is the latest recipient of the Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring visual media composers.
Michael Dorsey Announced As Second Annual Winner of BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting
The BMI Foundation is excited to announce Ball State University student Michael Dorsey as the winner of the second annual BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition.
65th 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 14 to 28, who have been named winners of the 65th annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
Jake Richter Awarded Second Annual David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship
The BMI Foundation (BMIF), in partnership with Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music, has selected Jake Richter as the winner of the 2017 David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, named in honor of the revered jazz musician, educator, and founder of IU’s Jazz Studies program.
Cole Davis Announced As Third Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship Winner
The BMI Foundation has selected Cole Davis as the winner of this year’s BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship. The $5,000 award was presented to Davis at Broadcast Music Inc’s annual dinner and celebration of NEA Jazz Master Fellows at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017.
Stacey Luftig and Phillip Palmer Win 2017 Jerry Bock Musical Theatre Award
The BMI Foundation has announced Stacey Luftig and Phillip Palmer as the winners of the 2017 Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre.
SONY/ATV Nashville’s Troy Tomlinson Joins BMI Foundation Advisory Panel
The BMI Foundation (BMIF) has announced Troy Tomlinson, President and CEO of SONY/ATV Music Publishing - Nashville, as the newly appointed member of its Artistic Advisory Panel.
BMI Founders Award Deadline Extended to Apr. 1 for Broadcasting Students Nationwide
The BMI Foundation has extended the application deadline for the BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition through April 1st, 2017.
BMIF Grantee Passerine Project Hosts Third Annual Showcase
BMI Foundation (BMIF) grant recipient The Passerine Project hosted its third annual showcase, A Night of Poetry and Song, at the Brooklyn Collaborative/Brooklyn New School auditorium in New York City on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.
BMI Foundation Awards $15,000 Commissioning Grant to Brooklyn Youth Chorus
The BMI Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant to GRAMMY-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus in support of its annual commissioning activities for the next three years, including its 25th anniversary project, Silent Voices.
Juilliard’s Andrew Wangemann Wins 2016 Chuckii Booker Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has announced jazz drummer/composer Andrew Wangemann as the winner of the 2016 Chuckii Booker Scholarship.
13th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Winner Performs in Miami
Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Jessica Garcia, winner of the BMI Foundation’s 13th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship competition, appeared in Miami, Florida last week as part of the grand prize to perform at Broadcast Music, Inc.’s (BMI) Noche Bohemia showcase on October 12.
BMI Foundation Launches 2017 Scholarship Season
The BMI Foundation announced today that it is now accepting online applications for its 2017 scholarship season, open to young musicians attending colleges and universities nationwide.
Lionel Newman Conducting Scholarship Awarded to Yuga Cohler of Young Musicians Foundation
27-year-old Yuga Cohler, Music Director and Conductor of the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, is the latest recipient of the BMI Foundation’s Lionel Newman Conducting Scholarship.
Brian deNeeve Wins 10th Annual Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship
The BMI Foundation hosted a reception on September 21, 2016, at Broadcast Music, Inc.’s New York City headquarters honoring current and prior winners of the Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship, an award that pays full tuition for one City College of New York (CCNY) music student annually.
BMI Foundation Remembers Folk Legend Oscar Brand
The BMI Foundation mourns the loss of BMIF Advisory Panelist, BMI songwriter, and folk music legend Oscar Brand, who passed away on Friday at home in Great Neck, New York at the age of 96.
19th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Winners Announced
The winners of the BMI Foundation’s 19th 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.
Jessica Garcia Wins 13th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship
Carolina Arenas, Director of the BMI Foundation’s peermusic Latin Scholarship, has announced that Jessica Garcia is the winner of the 13th annual competition. Garcia, a seventeen-year-old native of Carol Stream, Illinois and student at the College of DuPage, received the $5,000 award for her song, “Sobrevivir.”