Recent Carlos Surinach Commissions News
Claire Chase and Evan Johnson Named Carlos Surinach Award Winners

BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson has announced that flutist Claire Chase is the recipient of the Carlos Surinach Prize, given to an emerging artist in recognition of "outstanding commitment to American music," and composer Evan Johnson is the winner of the Carlos Surinach Commission. Established by a generous bequest from late BMI classical composer Carlos Surinach, these awards are given in cooperation with the Concert Artists Guild (
BMI Foundation Announces Carlos Surinach Award Winners
Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., has announced that bassoonist Peter Kolkay is the recipient of the Carlos Surinach Prize, given to an emerging artist in recognition of "outstanding service to American music," and that composer Judah E. Adashi is the winner of the Carlos Surinach Commission. Established by a generous bequest from late BMI classical composer Carlos…
Carlos Carrillo Wins BMI Foundation Surinach Commission Award
American Composers Orchestra to Present Premiere Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., announced today that Carlos Carrillo has been named the winner of a Carlos Surinach Commission Award. Carrillo was selected for the honor by the artistic staff of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) from a pool of BMI affiliated composers who were recent winners of the BMI Student…
BMI Foundation, Inc. / Carlos Surinach Commissions Awarded To Gordon Beeferman and David Schober
Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., announced today that Gordon Beeferman and David Schober are recipients of Carlos Surinach Commission awards. They were selected from an impressive pool of young BMI affiliated classical composers, all of whom were recent winners of the BMI Foundation’s prestigious Student Composer Awards program. David Alan Miller, Music Director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra, and marimba…
