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August Arnold Awarded Fourth Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has selected August Arnold as the winner of this year’s BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship. The $5,000 award was presented to Arnold at Broadcast Music Inc’s annual dinner and celebration of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellows in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 14th, 2019.
BMI Foundation Launches Founders Award Internship Program for Broadcasting Students Nationwide
The BMI Foundation is now accepting applications for its newly revamped BMI Founders Internship Program. This year’s program is in partnership with two major US broadcasting corporations, Beasley Media Group and Hubbard Radio, and is open to broadcasting students nationwide.
BMI Foundation Remembers Celebrated Composer Patrick Williams
The BMI Foundation mourns the loss of BMIF Artistic Advisory Panelist Patrick Williams. Williams, an Emmy, GRAMMY and BMI Richard Kirk Award-winner, passed away on July 25, 2018 at the age of 79.
LaGuardia Arts Graduate Francisco Haye Wins 2018 Theodora Zavin Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has announced Francisco Haye as the winner of the 2018 Theodora Zavin Scholarship, a music study prize named in honor of the Foundation’s late founding President, Theodora Zavin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Winner of First BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting Announced
The BMI Foundation is delighted to announce 20-year-old Messiah College student Mikaela Mummert as the winner of the inaugural, nationwide BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting scholarship competition.
LaGuardia Arts Graduate Lila Meretzky Wins 2016 Theodora Zavin Scholarship
The BMI Foundation has announced that Nashville-bound composer and musician Lila Meretzky is the winner of the 2016 Theodora Zavin Scholarship, a music study prize named in honor of the Foundation’s late founding President, Theodora Zavin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BMI’s Jazz Composer Workshop to Celebrate 26th Anniversary
Broadcast Music, Inc.’s Jazz Composers Workshop, led by internationally renowned composer Jim McNeely and pianist/composer/arranger Mike Holober, will highlight the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 26th Annual Showcase Concert.