Dedicated to encouraging the creation, performance and study of music.

Our Programs

The final selections for these programs are entrusted to panels made up of some of the world’s most distinguished artists and musicians.

• 2020 Covid Relief Cultural Impact Fund

• BMI Composer Awards

• BMI Future Jazz Master Award

• Carlos Surinach Commissions

• Charlie Feldman Award

• Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize

• Chris Trousdale Dream Awards

• Curtis Mayfield Scholarship

• Dolly Parton Songwriters Award

• Ellen Schwartz Award

• Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship

• Jean Banks Award

• Jeffery Cotton Awards

• Jerry Bock Musical Theatre Award

• Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards

• John Lennon Award

• Kavi Ohri Memorial Award

• Lionel Newman Conducting Fellowship

• peermusic Latin Award

• Pete Carpenter Fellowship

• Theodora Zavin Scholarship