Sonny Rollins top two categories, Jazz Artist and Tenor Saxophone, while the Pat Metheny Trio garnered the Jazz Group award; Pat Metheny himself nabbed the Guitar title. Top honors went to Keith Jarrett, who was inducted in Downbeat’s Hall of Fame; Michael Brecker’s Pilgrimage received the Jazz Album honor and B.B. King received the Blues Artist title. Additional instrumentalists honored include Herbie Hancock (Piano), James Carter (Baritone Saxophone), Steve Turre (Trombone) and Miles Davis (Historical Album).

BMI’s Downbeat Readers Poll winners:

Keith Jarrett
Hall of Fame

Sonny Rollins
Tenor Saxophone
Jazz Artist

Michael Brecker
Jazz Album

Miles Davis
Historical Album

Pat Metheny Trio
Jazz Group

Pat Metheny
Guitar

Steve Turre
Trombone

Wayne Shorter
Soprano Saxophone

Phil Woods
Alto Saxophone

James Carter
Baritone Saxophone

Paquito D’ Rivera
Clarinet

James Moody
Flute

Herbie Hancock
Piano

Joey DeFrancesco
Organ

Chick Corea
Electric Keyboard/Synthesizer

Christian McBride
Acoustic Bass

Steve Swallow
Electric Bass

Jack DeJohnette
Drums

Poncho Sanchez
Percussion

Bobby Hutcherson
Vibes

Toots Theilemans
Miscellaneous Instrument

Kurt Elling
Vocals

B.B. King
Blues Artist/Group

Dominican singer/songwriter Juan Luis Guerra dominated the eighth annual Latin Grammys, held November 8 in Las Vegas, winning five awards, including Album of the Year for La Llave De Mi Corazon (The Key to My Heart), which was also named Best Merengue Album of the Year. The album’s title track won for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song. Guerra was named a BMI Icon at the 2006 BMI Latin Awards and tops the list of BMI 2007 Latin Grammy winners.

Ricky Martin, Calle 13 and Caetano Velosa each garnered three awards. Martin won Best Male Pop Vocal Album for MTV Unplugged and Best Long Form Music Video for “MTV Unplugged”; Calle scored a Best Urban Music Album award for Residente O Visitante and Best Urban Song award for “Pal Norte”; and Caetano Velosa won Best Singer-Songwriter album for Cê and Best Brazilian Song for “Não Me Arrependo.”

Mexican artist Pepe Aguilar won the Best Ranchero Album for Enamorado, while Bobby Cruz’s Románticos De Ayer, Hoy y Siempre was named Best Traditional Tropical Album of the Year.

Sebastian Krys added a sixth Latin Grammy to his list of accolades with this year’s Producer of the Year honor for his work with such artists as Luis Fonsi, Daniela Guzmán and Jennifer Peña., while Los Tigres del Norte were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for their three-decade career and influential multi-genre music.

Additional BMI Latin Grammy winners include Freddie Martinez, Sr. (Best Regional Mexican Song); Los Horoscopos De Durango (Best Banda Album); Chick Corea & Bela Fleck (Best Instrumental Album); and Rabanes (Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal).

BMI Latin Grammy Winners

Juan Luis Guerra
Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Tropical Song
Best Merengue Album of the Year

Los Tigres Del Norte
Lifetime Achievement Award

Ricky Martin
Best Male Pop Vocal
Best Long Form Music Video

Calle 13
Best Urban Music Album
Best Urban Song

Caetano Veloso
Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Best Brazilian Song

Oscar D’Leon
Best Contemporary Tropical Album of the Year

Bobby Cruz
Best Traditional Tropical Album of the Year

Freddie Martinez, Sr.
Best Regional Mexican Song

Marcos Witt
Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

Pepe Aguilar
Best Ranchero Album

Los Horoscopos De Durango
Best Banda Album

Chick Corea
Best Instrumental Album

Béla Fleck
Best Instrumental Album

Sebastian Krys
Producer of the Year

Rabanes
Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal

FOUR AWARDS
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Album
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

TWO AWARDS
George Benson
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Chick Corea
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Best Instrumental Arrangement

The Flaming Lips
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Kirk Franklin
Best Gospel Song
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

Gnarls Barkley
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Urban/Alternative Performance

John Legend
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

T.I.
Best Rap Solo Performance
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Carrie Underwood
Best New Artist
Best Female Country Vocal Performance

John Williams
Best Score Soundtrack Album
Best Instrumental Composition

OTHER WINNERS
Yolanda Adams
Best Gospel Performance

Pepe Aguilar
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Christina Aguilera
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Chente Barrera y Taconazo
Best Tejano Album

The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal

Randy Brecker
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

T Bone Burnett
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album

Enya (PRS)
Best New Age Album

Peter Erskine
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Dave Fridmann
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Bob Gaudio
Best Musical Show Album

Vince Gill
Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Osvaldo Golijov
Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Bill Harley
Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Van Hunt
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Israel & New Breed
Best Traditional Gospel Album

Al Jarreau
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Klezmatics
Best Contemporary World Music Album

Krayzie Bone
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

Will Lee
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Bryan Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
Best Latin Jazz Album

Maná
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album

OK Go
Best Short Form Music Video

Joss Stone (PRS)
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Best Polka Album

Irma Thomas
Best Contemporary Blues

Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Norteño Album

Ike Turner
Best Traditional Blues Album

Julieta Venegas
Best Latin Pop Album

Doc Watson
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Pharrell Williams
Best Rap Song

Wolfmother (APRA)
Best Hard Rock Performance

Workshop Associate Musical Director Michael Abene, saxophone legend Joe Lovano, slide trombone master Robin Eubanks, Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize winner Asuka Kakitani, jazz authority Dan Morgenstern and Workshop Musical Director Jim McNeely

"Dance 1" was chosen from among five outstanding works nominated by the Workshop's musical directors. The prestigious judging panel, made up of three leading members of the jazz community, included jury foreman Dan Morgenstern, a celebrated jazz critic and writer, and Director of the Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University; Grammy Award-winning saxophone legend Joe Lovano, winner of the Berklee School of Music's first endowed chair, the Gary Burton Chair for Jazz Performance; and slide trombone master Robin Eubanks, a member of both Dave Holland's quintet and big band, who teaches jazz trombone at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize winner Asuka Kakitani conducts her winning piece, "Dance 1"

The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop is led by internationally renowned composers Jim McNeely and Michael Abene, and offers a unique collaborative environment for professional jazz musicians with an emphasis on composition for the large jazz (big band) ensemble. McNeely has performed with and written for Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among others, and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee. Abene is the Dean of the Manhattan School of Music, and has composed and arranged for Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea and others; he is also a well-known record producer.

From Left to Right: Robbin Ahrold, Michael Abene, Asuka Kakitani, and Jim McNeely. Photo by Frank J. Oteri

The Workshop, a well-known forum for creative excellence, provides an environment where composers are free to explore new avenues in the creative process, while at the same time honing their skills. The annual summer concert features the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra, a 16-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading Workshop members.

photos by Robbin Ahrold]]> 2006-07-06T18:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/334830 Artists, Albam, Manny, Brubeck, Dave, Corea, Chick, Davis, Miles, Eubanks, Kevin, Hampton, Lionel, Hancock, Herbie, Jones, Norah, McNeely, Jim, Mingus, Charles, Monk, Thelonious, Parker, Charlie, Redman, Joshua, Rogers, Sherisse, Watson, Bobby, Whitfield, Mark, Musical Styles, Jazz BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, now in its second decade, will highlight the best of new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 18th Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert is free to the public, and will be held on Thursday, July 6 at Merkin Concert Hall (Abraham Goodman House at 129 West 67th Street) at 8:00 p.m. The concert will feature the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra - a 16-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading Workshop members. Seating is first-come, first-served; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

The evening will also announce the winner of the BMI Foundation's seventh annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, given to the writer of the best new work composed in the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. This year's judges include jazz virtuosos Robin Eubanks and Joe Lovano, and noted jazz authority Dan Morgenstern.

The winning composer will receive a cash award and the $3000 Manny Albam Commission to compose a new piece for the following year's concert. Named in memory of the Workshop's co-founder and longtime musical director, last year's Manny Albam Commission winner, Sherisse Rogers, will premiere her commissioned work during the showcase.

The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop is led by internationally renowned composers Jim McNeely and Michael Abene, and offers a unique collaborative environment for professional jazz musicians with an emphasis on composition for the large jazz (big band) ensemble. The Workshop - a well-known forum for creative excellence - provides an environment where composers are free to explore new avenues in the creative process, while at the same time honing their skills. McNeely has performed with and written for Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among others, and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee. Abene is the Dean of the Manhattan School of Music, and has composed and arranged for Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea and others; he is also a well-known record producer.

BMI's impressive roster of jazz artists includes such legends as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton and Charles Mingus, as well as today's new jazz stars like Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Kevin Eubanks, Joshua Redman, Mark Whitfield and Bobby Watson.

The BMI Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1985 to support the creation, performance, and study of music through awards, scholarships, commissions and grants. Tax-deductible donations to the Foundation come primarily from songwriters, composers and publishers, BMI employees and members of the public with a special interest in music. Because both the Foundation staff and the distinguished members of the Advisory Panel serve without compensation, over 95% of all donations and income are used for charitable grants.]]> 2006-06-01T18:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/234066 Artists, Blow Up, Corea, Chick, Davis, Miles, Hancock, Herbie, Shorter, Wayne, Musical Styles, Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Musicworld, Feature, Type, Foundation Herbie Hancock is not just one of the giants of contemporary jazz. As a keyboard player and composer, Hancock is a paragon of innovation and vision within contemporary music whose work has enthralled listeners across the musical spectrum.

A native of Chicago who was a classical piano prodigy in his youth and embraced jazz in his teens, Hancock arrived in New York City's thriving jazz scene in 1960 to play with trumpeter Donald Byrd after graduating from Grinnell College. His 1962 debut album, Takin' Off , yielded his first standard, "Watermelon Man," later a hit for Mongo Santamaria. He soon joined Miles Davis's band and was instrumental in the trumpeter's shift from acoustic be-bop to electric fusion and funk. At the same time, he composed yet another classic song with the title tune to his 1965 album, Maiden Voyage .

Hancock also began composing a string of acclaimed film soundtracks, starting with the score to Blow Up in 1966 and winning an Academy Award in 1987 for his soundtrack to ’Round Midnight . By the end of the 1960s, he had left Davis's group to form his band Headhunters, which took jazz innovations to the rock and pop audience and was a leading force within the fusion movement.

From that time on, Hancock has continued to push the envelope of modern music while also continuing to pay musical homage to the jazz tradition. He was one of the first keyboard players to make both the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the synthesizer mainstream musical instruments, and on his 1983 album, Future Shock, Hancock explored the burgeoning electronic and hip-hop styles. His single from that set, "Rock It," earned him a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental and was an r&b and dance hit, while the video for the song won five MTV Video Music awards. In 1977, he reunited the classic Davis quintet of the early 1960s as V.S.O.P. for an album and tour (with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet in Davis's stead). His 1998 album, Gershwin's World, found Hancock collaborating with Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Kathleen Battle, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea in a masterful tribute to George Gershwin. The set won Hancock three more Grammys (out of his total of eight Grammy Awards to date).

Hancock's career has also seen him produce the debut album by Wynton Marsalis, host the TV shows "Rock School" for PBS and "Coast to Coast" for Showtime, and recently tour with the Dave Matthews Band. He also formed the Rhythm of Life Foundation in 1996 to provide financial support to individuals or companies that are using technology for the advancement of humanity and recently started Transparent Music to promote groundbreaking musical endeavors.

Evanescence

The White Stripes

Goth-rock band Evanescence picked up two awards, including the coveted Best New Artist Grammy as well as Best Hard Rock Performance for their breakthrough hit, "Bring Me To Life." A pair of posthumous awards went to the late Warren Zevon, whose children accepted statuettes for Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group (with Bruce Springsteen) and Best Contemporary Folk Album for his final recording, The Wind.

Michael Brecker

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Rapper Eminem's Oscar-winning theme song "Lose Yourself" from the movie 8 Mile earned him the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song titles; songwriter Jeff Bass also earned a Grammy as co-writer on the track.

The Neptunes

Wayne Shorter

Other winners included The White Stripes and jazz greats Wayne Shorter and Michael Brecker, who earned two nods each, as well as Café Tacuba, Christina Aguilera, Vince Gill, Sam Cook, Pink, Foo Fighters, and The Neptunes, who were crowned as Producers of the Year.

BMI's Grammy Award Winners

Christina Aguilera
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Audio Adrenaline
Best Rock Gospel Album

Jeff Bass
Best Rap Song

Steve Berkowitz
Best Historical Album

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Michael Brecker
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Best Instrumental Arrangement

Randy Brecker
Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Caf� Tacuba
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album

Michel Camilo
Best Latin Jazz Album

Ry Cooder
Best Pop Instrumental Album

Sam Cooke
Best Long Form Music Video

Chick Corea
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Ani DiFranco
Best Album Package

Reggie Dozier
Album of the Year

Eminem
Best Rap Song
Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Evanescence
Best New Artist
Best Hard Rock Performance

Foo Fighters
Best Rock Album

Aretha Franklin
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Vince Gill
Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Best Tejano Album

Buddy Guy
Best Traditional Blues Album

Rich Harrison
Best R&B Song

Bishop T.D. Jakes
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

Etta James
Best Contemporary Blues Album

k.d. lang (SOCAN)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Alison Krauss
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Best Bluegrass Album

Donnie McClurkin
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Pat Metheny
Best New Age Album

The Neptunes
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Pink
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Neal Pogue
Album of the Year

Eugene Record
Best R&B Song

Don Rollins
Best Country Song

Wayne Shorter
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Instrumental Composition

Sting (PRS)
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Jimmy Sturr
Best Polka Album

"Weird Al" Yankovic
Best Comedy Album

Jack White (The White Stripes)
Best Rock Song
Best Alternative Music Album

Warren Zevon
Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group
Best Contemporary Folk Album

Warren Zevon

Evanescence

The White Stripes

Rock band Evanescence also topped this year's list, picking up five nominations including Best New Artist and Best Rock Album for their multi-platinum breakthrough release, Fallen. Other five-time nominees were rapper Eminem and the late Warren Zevon. Also receiving multiple nods were Willie Nelson, Jack White of The White Stripes (three with his band and one individual), and classical composer Jose Serebrier with four each and Christina Aguilera with three, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her smash hit, "Beautiful."

Willie Nelson

Eminem

Warren Zevon

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. on the East and West Coasts.

BMI's Grammy Nominees

SIX NOMINATIONS
Pharrell Williams

FIVE NOMINATIONS
Eminem
Evanescence
Chad Hugo
Warren Zevon

FOUR NOMINATIONS
Willie Nelson
José Serebrier
The White Stripes

THREE NOMINATIONS
Christina Aguilera
Jeff Bass
Michael Brecker
Chick Corea
Anthony Hamilton
Alison Krauss
Lil' Kim
Shania Twain

TWO NOMINATIONS
Audioslave
Black Eyed Peas
Jorge Calderón
Ry Cooder
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
Aretha Franklin
Rich Harrison
Heather Headley
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Toby Keith
R. Kelly
k.d. lang (SOCAN)
The Matrix
Martina McBride
Aaron Neville
Nickelback (SOCAN)
Pink
Neal Pogue
Earl Scruggs
Wayne Shorter
Snoop Dogg
Sting (PRS)
Union Station
Doc Watson
will.i.am
John Williams
Lucinda Williams

ONE NOMINATION
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Akwid
Allman Brothers Band
Audio Adrenaline
Marcia Ball
Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires
Buju Banton (PRS)
Mark Batson
Steve Berkowitz
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
Carla Bley Big Band
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Highway
Michelle Branch
Randy Brecker
Brooks & Dunn
David Bowie (PRS)
Joe Budden
Jimmy Buffett
Martin Buttrich (GEMA)
Café Tacuba
Michel Camilo
Cam'Ron
Caribbean Jazz Project
Rosanne Cash
Stanley Clarke
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
The Crabb Family
The Crusaders
Sam Cooke
Adrian Cosentini
Diamond Rio
Ani DiFranco
Reggie Dozier
Jimmy Douglass
Eagles
Fred Ebb
Kurt Elling
Scotty Emerick
The Flaming Lips
Floetry
Bill Frisell
Kenny G
Vince Gill
Gorillaz (PRS)
Percy Gray, Jr.
Buddy Guy
Eddie Gonzalez
Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Pat Green
Stephan Haeri
William Hamilton
Roy Hargrove
Faith Hill
Dave Holland Quintet
Eric Idle (PRS)
India
Intocable
Jane's Addiction
Etta James
Keith Jarrett
Jars of Clay
Norah Jones
The Jordanaires
John Kander
Peter Kater
John P. Kee
Garrison Keillor
Kitaro (JASRAC)
Korn
Dave Koz
Nathaniel Kunkel
Patti LaBelle
Amel Larrieux
Glenn Lewis
Mark Levine
Linkin Park
The Light Crust Doughboys
Lonestar
Irving Lorenzo
Patty Loveless
Luis Miguel
Timo Maas (GEMA)
Marilyn Manson
Masters at Work
Donnie McClurkin
Del McCoury Band
Tim McGraw
Sarah McLachlan (SOCAN)
Jim McNeely
Joel McNeely
Pat Metheny
Bette Midler
Ismael Miranda
Molotov
Joel Moss
Newsboys
Bob Norberg
Les Nubians (SACEM)
The Oak Ridge Boys
Walter Ostanek (SOCAN)
Joe Pace
Dolly Parton
Nicholas Payton
Ray Price
Queens of the Stone Age
Eugene Record
Relient K
Don Rollins
Roomful of Blues
The Roots
Scott Rouse
David Sanborn
Pete Seeger
The Sensational Nightingales
Thomas Z. Shepard
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Sean Smith
Luciana Souza
Los Straitjackets
Micheal Strange, Jr.
Jimmy Sturr
Howard Tate
Susan Tedeschi
Télépopmusik (SACEM)
Jacky Terrasson
Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
Caetano Veloso
Rhonda Vincent
Redd Volkaert
Muddy Waters
Charlie Wilson
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Kim Wilson
Vickie Winans
George Winston
Wayne Wonder
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Yerba Buena
Maury Yeston
Yellowjackets

Dave Holland

Wayne Shorter

BMI jazz great Wayne Shorter earned three wins, including the poll's top award: Artist of the Year. He was also named Best Soprano Saxophone Artist and his new CD, Alegria, was named Best New Release. Shorter was a big winner in the recent DownBeat Jazz Critics Poll as well.

Other top winners were B.B. King for Best Blues Group, Miles Davis' Live at the Blackhawk for Best Reissue and the Pat Metheny Group for Best Contemporary/Electric Group. Metheny was also named Best Guitarist.

BMI's 2004 JazzTimes Readers Poll Winners:

JazzTimes Hall of Fame
Paul Desmond
Clark Terry

Artist of the Year
Wayne Shorter

Best New Release
Alegria
Wayne Shorter

Best Reissue
Live at the Blackhawk
Miles Davis

Best Acoustic Group
Dave Holland Quintet

Best Contemporary/Electric Group
Pat Metheny Group

Best Big Band
Dave Holland Big Band

Best Blues Group
B.B. King

Best Trumpet
Roy Hargrove

Best Trombone
Steve Turre

Best Clarinet
Paquito D'Rivera

Best Tenor Saxophone
Joe Lovano

Best Soprano Saxophone
Wayne Shorter

Best Baritone Saxophone
James Carter

Best Flute
James Moody

Best Piano
Keith Jarrett

Best Electric Keyboards
Chick Corea

Best Guitar
Pat Metheny

Best Acoustic Bass
Dave Holland

Best Drums
Jack DeJohnette

Best Percussion
Poncho Sanchez

Best Male Vocalist
Kurt Elling

Best Harmonica
Toot Thielemans

Best Conch Shells
Steve Turre

Best Banjo
Bela Fleck

Best Arranger
Dave Holland

]]> 2003-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233803 Artists, Clinton, George S., Corea, Chick, De Gli Antoni, Mark, Golub, Peter, Gregson-Williams, Harry, Kent, Rolfe, Mansell, Clint, Ottman, John, Revell, Graeme, Shearmur, Ed, Tin, Christopher, Wide Range, Awards, Musical Styles, Dance, Film-TV, Jazz, Rock, Musicworld, Feature, Type, Important, International The lab kicked off on July 22 and will run through August 6. During the two-week lab, Fellows participate in workshops and creative exercises under the guidance of leading film composers and film music professionals. The Composer Lab participants also collaborate with filmmakers from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program to create accompanying scores for scenes shot by the Filmmaker Fellows during the June Filmmakers Lab.

The Composers Lab is a major component of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, which is dedicated to supporting emerging film composers and enhancing the role of music in independent film. Originally running from 1986-1989, the Composers Lab was re-introduced in the summer of 1998 to provide a collaborative and supportive environment where composers could experiment and expand their musical language. The Composers Lab provides valuable first-hand experience in composing for film and enhances the musical understanding of independent filmmakers participating in the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.

"We have a very exciting and eclectic group of composers coming from a wide range of styles and backgrounds and selected from hundreds of applicants," explained Peter Golub, Director, Sundance Institute Film Music Program. "The composers write and record music, work with the filmmakers, and in general participate in the artistic community at Sundance Institute. There is much 'cross-pollination' and an invigorating flow of ideas."

"This is a program that we've always been involved with - from its inception to its reintroduction in 1998. By supporting and educating composers who have unique and independent vision we're helping to foster a new community of original and important music. By pairing it with the Directors and Producers labs at the Institute, we're able to foster relationships and understanding of the creative process and help both sides understand the process behind each art."

In addition to their work with the Filmmakers Lab Fellows, Composers Lab participants will work under the mentorship of a distinguished group of film composers and filmmakers. This year's Creative Advisors include: composers Carter Burwell ("Fargo," "Adaptation"); George S. Clinton ("Austin Powers In Goldmember," "Joe Somebody"); Rolfe Kent ("Nurse Betty," "Legally Blonde 2" "About Schmidt"); Clint Mansell ("Pi," "Requiem For A Dream"); Ed Shearmur ("Charlie's Angels," "Wings Of The Dove"); Robert Kraft, President Of Fox Music; Music Supervisor Tracy McKnight; Director Peter Medak ("The Ruling Class," "Let Him Have It"); Film Music Agent Robert Messinger (First Artists); Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice-President, Film/TV Relations at BMI; and music editor Adam Smalley.

2003 Sundance Institute Film Music Lab Fellows

Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli
Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli is a Los Angeles-based composer of film scores and concert works. His most recent credits include "Revolution Os," which screened on the Sundance Channel; "Regresso A Casa," an official selection at the Los Angeles International Short Film Fest; and the forthcoming feature film "Lazarus."

Billy Childs
Billy Childs is an orchestral composer with a long list of commissions for organizations including the LA Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale, and is a jazz pianist who has worked with Dianne Reeves, Bobby Hutcherson, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard and Buster Williams.

Ronit Kirchman
A composer, songwriter, instrumentalist and electronic artist, Kirchman composed music for "Come Nightfall," a short-film shown at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. She has written numerous concert works, produced a string tribute to Jane's Addiction, and has worked with composer Harry Gregson-Williams.

Courtney Von Drehle
Courtney Von Drehle is a composer, bandleader, and accordion player. He is a member of the band 3 Leg Torso and has written music for numerous short films, dance pieces, and instillations.

Mark De Gli Antoni
Mark is a member of the rock group Soul Coughing. He composed music for "Cherish," which screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness," a short film screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, as well as several short films directed by William Wegman.

Christopher Tin
Christopher Tin is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship at the Royal College of Music. He has written additional cues for "X-Men 2", and composed the score for the South African film "A-ZU-RE." He has worked with film composers Graeme Revell, John Ottman, Joel McNeely, and Klaus Badelt.]]> 2003-08-04T18:00:00-05:00