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BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 21st Anniversary with Showcase Concert

The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 26 at Christ and St. Stephens’s Church. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The evening also featured a competition to choose the…
Big Band Jazz Showcased at BMI Jazz Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, will highlight the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 21st Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert is free to the public, and will be held on Friday, June 26 at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church (120 West 69th Street) at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra,…
BMI Sponsors 2nd Annual International Jazz Composers’ Symposium
The second International Jazz Composers' Symposium, held June 12-14 in Tampa, Florida, proved a veritable haven for the professional and aspiring jazz composer. Sponsored by BMI and the University of Southern Florida's Center for Jazz Composition, the annual Symposium drew more than 80 jazz composers and musicians from throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe to the University of South Florida for three days of intensive new music presentations, concerts, workshops,…
BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Marks 20th Anniversary with Showcase Concert
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, highlighted the best new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 20th Anniversary Summer Showcase Concert on June 25 at Merkin Concert Hall. The concert featured the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading New York musicians. The BMI/New York Jazz…
2nd International Jazz Composer’s Symposium Set for June
The second International Jazz Composer's Symposium, co-sponsored by the The University of South Florida Center for Jazz Composition. in partnership with BMI, will return to its home in Tampa on the campus of the University of South Florida from June 12-14, 2008 in Tampa, FL (the Symposium had been previously scheduled to take place in Park City, UT). The Symposium is designed as a forum to bring jazz composers…
IAJE Conference Spotlights BMI’s Rich Jazz History
BMI continued its long and rich history in both jazz music and music education as a major sponsor of the 34th Annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference, held Jan. 10-13 in New York City. Workshop member Bryan Knox conducts his composition entitled "Seasick." …
BMI Jazz Orchestra to Give Special Concert at IAJE Conference
Members of the esteemed BMI Jazz Composers Workshop are set to perform at a special concert as part of the 34th Annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference, being held Jan. 10-13, 2007, in New York City. The BMI performance will take place Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at 3 p.m. in the Sheraton Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom (811 Seventh Avenue at 52nd Street). This is…
Chili Peppers Lead BMI’s Red Hot Grammy Nominees
The Red Hot Chili Peppers continue their red hot streak, picking up an impressive six nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced Dec. 7 at a press conference held at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood; Grammys will be handed out Feb. 11, 2007, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). …
BMI Awards $10K Monk Prize to Jazz Pianist Kálmán Oláh
Congratulations to jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, grand prize winner of the 2006 BMI-sponsored Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composer's Competition. The $10,000 award was presented during the Thelonious Monk Institute's 20th Anniversary Gala held Sept. 20 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Oláh's winning work, performed by a group of jazz all-stars during the celebration, was entitled "Always." Listen to the the winning song, "Always"…
Asuka Kakitani Wins BMI Foundation’s Charlie Parker Jazz Prize
Jazz composer Asuka Kakitani has been named the winner of the BMI Foundation's 7th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize for her piece, "Dance 1." Presented on July 6 during the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop's annual showcase concert at New York's Merkin Hall, the prize includes the Manny Albam Commission, a $3,000 award given to the…
