BMI Partners with Award-Winning Songwriter and Longtime Licensee on Music Event to Benefit Youth

BMI teamed up with HospitalityMaine and longtime BMI licensing customer, The Front Porch Restaurant & Piano Bar, recently (12/11) to sponsor a unique charity event at the Ogunquit, Maine landmark to benefit “Inspired Nation,” a youth-oriented non-profit started by BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year Kara DioGuardi. The event, dubbed “The Taste of Music,” featured young chefs from the Front Porch showcasing dishes inspired by the songs of DioGuardi, BMI award winning songwriter Jeff Cohen, as well as Cam M. and Stephen Slifflard, the winner and runner up respectively of “New England Sings,” Inspired Nation’s annual competition designed to provide youth from the region the opportunity to express themselves through their singing and songwriting. Proceeds from the competition go to local charities that benefit youth in need.

BMI songwriter Kara DioGuardi performs at the “Taste of Music benefit” in Ogunquit, Maine.