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BMI Foundation Announces 2023 Pete Carpenter Fellows
BMI Foundation, Inc. named composers Louis Stevens and Bryan Garbe as recipients of the 2023 Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring film, television, and video game composers.
Kendra Jae to Open for Victoria Monét’s The Jaguar Tour
Kendra Jae, the recipient of the 2022 BMI Foundation Charlie Feldman Award, will be opening for Victoria Monét’s The Jaguar Tour in her hometown of Sacramento, California on October 9th. Monét announced the lineup for her tour on her social media in September, which will also include performances by Alex Vaughn, Ambre, Lavi$h, Leon Thomas, Tanerélle, and Tone Stith.
BMI Foundation Announces over $30,000 in Awards to High School Music Students Across the United States
BMI Foundation, Inc. has announced the winners of the Curtis Mayfield Scholarships and the Chris Trousdale Dream Awards. Awards for both programs, which include monetary gifts exceeding $30,000, are given to high school students pursuing a career in music.
BMI Foundation Awards Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize to Joseph Herbst
BMI Foundation presented saxophonist and composer Joseph Herbst with the 2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission for his piece “Where My Dreams Go to Die?” at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop showcase at Symphony Space in June.
Alice Macedo Awarded 20th Annual peermusic Latin Music Award
BMI Foundation has named Miami-based singer/songwriter Alice Macedo the winner of the 2023 peermusic Latin Music Award. Macedo’s winning song, “Te Levo Comigo,” is a love song to her home country of Brazil.
BMI Foundation Names 2023 John Lennon Award Winners
BMI Foundation named Zoe Ko, Chance Emerson, and Călin Lupea the first, second, and third place winners of the 2023 John Lennon Award.
BMI Foundation Honors Macy Dot Neal with the Inaugural Dolly Parton Songwriters Award
BMI Foundation presented Nashville-based singer/songwriter Macy Dot Neal with the inaugural Dolly Parton Songwriters Award for her song “Texas, Tennessee” at the CMA Fest Ryman & BMI Block Party in Nashville on June 8th.
BMI Foundation Honors 2023 Scholarship Recipients
BMI Foundation celebrated the recipients of the Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship, Theodora Zavin Scholarship, and Kavi Ohri Memorial Scholarship at a reception held on June 6th at the BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) offices in New York City.
71st Annual BMI Composer Award Winners Announced
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) and BMI Foundation, Inc celebrated the honorees of the 71st annual BMI Composer Awards at a private ceremony held on May 15th at Chelsea Table and Stage in New York City. BMI Foundation President and BMI Executive Director of Classical Deirdre Chadwick, renowned composer and Chair of the Composer Awards Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and BMI Senior Vice President of Licensing David Levin presented the awards to six emerging composers for excellence in composition.
Christian X. M. McGhee Awarded 2023 BMI Future Jazz Masters Award
Christian X. M. McGhee was awarded the 2023 BMI Future Jazz Master Award at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) annual celebration of the Jazz Masters Fellows at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. McGhee was selected by a panel of NEA Jazz Masters for his talent and potential as a jazz performer and composer.
Ángela Fernández Awarded 2022 peermusic Latin Music Scholarship
Ángela Fernández was awarded the 2022 peermusic Latin Music Scholarship at BMI’s 30th annual Latin Awards in Beverly Hill, CA. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President, Creative, Latin, Jesus Gonzalez, the evening celebrated the top songwriters and publishers of Latin music.
2022 Pete Carpenter Fellowship Recipients
The BMI Foundation has announced the recipients of this year's Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring film, television, and video game composers. Composers Kat Vokes and Noah Horowitz were the recipients of this year’s prizes in New York City and Los Angeles respectively.
John Lennon and peermusic Latin Awards Announced
The BMI Foundation has announced winners of the season’s final prizes for the John Lennon Award and the peermusic Latin Music Award. Both of these long-running programs recognize emerging songwriters in two of music’s most popular genres.
BMIF Launches New Fund and Award in Honor of Dolly Parton
Clay Bradley, BMI Foundation Board Member and BMI’s VP, Creative, has announced that the Foundation’s annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship will be revised and renamed The Dolly Parton Songwriters Award in honor of the legendary artist.
Helen Sung Wins 2022 Charlie Parker Prize
Helen Sung was awarded the 2022 Charlie Parker Prize at BMI’s 33rd Annual Jazz Composers Workshop Summer Showcase held at Dizzy’s Club in New York.
70th Annual Student Composer Award Winners Announced
The BMI Foundation (BMIF), in collaboration with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), has announced seven young classical composers, ages 19 to 28, as winners of the 70th annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
2022 Future Jazz Masters Award results in first-ever tie
The BMI Foundation has awarded a first-ever tie for the Seventh Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Award. Argentina native and New School alum Cler Diaz will share the prize with Michigan State University's Ben Turner.
Foundation Honors Charlie Feldman With New Award For Emerging Talent
The BMI Foundation announced that it will honor colleague and retired BMI Creative Vice President Charlie Feldman with the establishment of the Charlie Feldman Award.
24th Annual John Lennon Scholarships Announced
The winners of the BMI Foundation’s 24th 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 by Samantha Cox, Vice President of the BMI Foundation and Director of the competition.
Two Winners share 2021 Charlie Parker Prize
Two winners were selected to share the top honors at BMI’s 32nd annual Jazz Composers Workshop held in New York City and featuring the best new big band and jazz orchestra compositions created in the workshop during the 2020-2021 session. Composers Chuck Iwanusa and Tracy Yang shared the prestigious Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and split the award money.