Broadcast Music, Inc., a global leader in rights management, collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers & music publishers.
Contact Us
To affiliate with BMI as a classical composer, please send a copy of your resume and a list of works with information on performances and venues to classical@bmi.com.
BMI Prize Winners
More Music
The BMI Foundation, Inc., a separate not-for-profit corporation founded by BMI employees in 1985, is dedicated to encouraging the creation, performance, and study of music. learn more
BMI & Classical Music
From John Adams, who was recently named the "most performed living American Composer" to Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, BMI composers cover the full spectrum of contemporary classical music… read more
Catching Up with Dafnis Prieto, Winner of MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
When jazz drummer-composer Dafnis Prieto answered his telephone’s ring one day in October 2011 to find the director of the MacArthur Foundation on the line — informing him he’d been awarded one of the creativity fostering organization’s prestigious fellowships — he was “shocked, elated, humbled and proud all at the same time.” Prieto was also justly rewarded. The tireless work of the 37-year-old native of Santa Clara,…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.06.12
John Luther Adams To Receive Heinz Award
BMI composer John Luther Adams, from Fairbanks, Alaska, has been named the recipient of a $100,000 Heinz Award. A groundbreaking "environmental composer," Adams was recognized for his ability to connect people to nature through music. Now in its 17th year, the Heinz Awards honors visionaries who have made extraordinary contributions to the environment, a life-long area of commitment for the late U.S. Senator John Heinz. "John Luther…
From News, posted 9.19.11
Gyan Riley’s Infectious Gratitude
For lovers of classical guitar and all things euphonious, it’s good that Gyan Riley can’t contain his appreciation for composers of the past or for his contemporaries in the guitar world. His thankfulness to them gushes out of his new album Stream of Gratitude in most satisfying ways. The eclectic set that makes up this album consists of dedications to recognizable luminaries—Bach, Dowland—as well as to accomplished…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.16.11
Steven Stucky, Too Large to Fence In
A towering figure in contemporary classical music, Steven Stucky lays claim to a career that covers an expanse so wide, a terrain so varied, that not even the most advanced panoramic lens can survey it in one sweep. Having composed dozens of acclaimed symphonies and other works, including his 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning Second Concerto for Orchestra, Stucky served for twenty years as composer in residence for…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.15.11
59th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced
59th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced; Outstanding Musical Citizen Award Presented To Barry Goldberg Eleven young classical composers ranging in age from 14 to 27 have been named winners in the 59th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson and BMI Student Composer Award Chair Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, announced the decisions of the jury and…
From News, posted 5.16.11
BMI Foundation Presents Outstanding Service Award To New York Youth Symphony
The BMI Foundation has presented the New York Youth Symphony with a special Outstanding Service Award and a $25,000 grant acknowledging the organization for their “outstanding contributions to music education and excellence in performance over many decades.” In making the presentation, BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson said, “we are delighted to recognize this truly exemplary music organization, which has made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many…
From News, posted 5.02.11
Library of Congress Announces 2010 Additions to National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress has named the 25 new additions to the ninth annual National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, which will ensure that these cultural, artistic and historical recordings are always available to the American public. Included among them are works that demonstrate the depth and breadth of the BMI repertoire, ranging from the seminal blues sounds of Blind Willie Johnson to the classic…
From News, posted 4.06.11
Influential Composer Milton Babbitt Dies at 94
Milton Babbitt, an influential composer, professor, author and Chair Emeritus of the BMI Student Composer Awards, died of natural causes on January 29 in Princeton, N.J. He was 94. Babbitt, a longtime BMI composer, was born May 10, 1916 in Philadelphia, and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. At the age of four, he studied violin, which led him to become a proficient clarinet and saxophone player. He…
From News, posted 1.31.11
John Luther Adams, Finding a Way to Get Lost
Throughout his distinguished career as a composer, John Luther Adams has been considered an “outsider,” the moniker frequently bestowed on independently-minded artists (think John Cage and Morton Feldman) whose work places them outside the musical establishment. In many ways, this label fits. The New Yorker goes as far as to appoint Adams “the chief standard bearer of American experimental music.” To many, “outsider” is even doubly suitable,…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.01.10
Ambitious and Effective, Shawn Crouch Creates Change
If there’s just one thing for which Shawn Crouch should be renowned, it’s his versatility as a composer. The winner of multiple prestigious awards and critical acclaim, he has composed for (and had his works performed by) a number of accomplished vocal and instrumental ensembles. Recently, Shawn’s work has been released on three different collections: “The Lullaby” from The Garden of Paradise on The Best of Chanticleer;…
From MusicWorld, posted 8.24.10
Terms of use |
Privacy policy |
Songwriter101 |
RSS |
Copyright 1994-2012, Broadcast Music, Inc. unless otherwise specified.
BMI®, BMI.com® and Broadcast Music, Inc.® are registered trademarks of Broadcast Music, Inc.
BMI®, BMI.com® and Broadcast Music, Inc.® are registered trademarks of Broadcast Music, Inc.