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52nd Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced

Eight young composers, ranging in age from 18 to 26, have been named winners in the 52nd Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. Frances W. Preston, BMI President and CEO, announced the decisions of the jury and presented the awards at a reception held June 18 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Awards Chairman Milton Babbitt and BMI Foundation President Ralph N.…


From News, posted 6.20.04

BMI Classical Composers Win Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

BMI congratulates five young classical composers who are recent winners of major music prizes awarded by the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters. The membership of the Academy, which is comprised of some of America’s most prominent composers, artists, architects and writers, nominates candidates for these awards. Kevin Puts is the first winner of the newly inaugurated Benjamin H. Danks Award, a $20,000 prize given to an “exceptional young…


From News, posted 3.05.03

Student Composers Honored at 50th Annual Awards Presentation

Nine young composers, ranging in age from 14 to 26, have been named winners in the 50th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. Frances W. Preston, BMI President and CEO, announced the decisions of the jury and presented the awards at a reception held June 7 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Milton Babbitt, Chairman of the awards, and Ralph N. Jackson, Director of the awards, joined in…


From News, posted 6.09.02

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