BMI’s Los Angeles office hosted several students from the Eastman School of Music as part of the Company’s sponsorship of the school’s Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media. The institute was generously endowed by alumni award-winning BMI composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Blackfish, The Queen of Versailles,… Read more...
Five-time Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal was recently commissioned by the New West Symphony to write a new orchestral work, The Great Circle, following the cataclysmic fires and mudslides in Southern California during 2017/2018. In a healing move to address those affected by the disasters (including the composer himself), Beal’s intention… Read more...
BMI completed its 21st annual two-week conducting workshop series led by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. For the final session that took place on July 21st, the eight hand-selected composers conducted a 32-piece orchestra live to picture at BMI composer Nathan Barr’s newly built Bandrika… Read more...
The nods for this year’s Creative Arts Emmys are in with BMI composers poised to win several of the prestigious trophies on September 8 and 9. In fact, BMI composers swept the nominations for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), with Ramin Djawadi receiving nominations for both… Read more...
BMI is proud to announce that its 21st annual two-week conducting workshop series taught by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman will begin July 10. This year’s exemplary group of workshop participants will include film and television composers Alexander Bornstein (Lifetime’s Disappeared), Andy Forsberg… Read more...
BMI’s Chris Dampier recently attended the Society of Composers & Lyricists presentation, Scoring Documentaries, in support of BMI composers Jeff Beal, Gary Lionelli and Miriam Cutler, who were part of a panel discussion on the nuances unique to creating music for this art form. The event, which took place in… Read more...
The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles was abuzz with anticipation for a new score written by Emmy-winning BMI composer Jeff Beal for Buster Keaton’s classic film The General. Performed live to picture by the LA Chamber Orchestra on November 11, the multi-sensory experience did not disappoint, as both… Read more...
BMI composer Jeff Beal’s emotionally charged music to BOSTON: The Documentary was a topic of ardent discussion after a screening of the inspirational film at the Linwood Dun Theater in Hollywood last week. As the first feature-length documentary about the world’s most legendary running race – the Boston Marathon, BOSTON… Read more...
The 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Award winners were ceremoniously announced at the Microsoft Theater at LA Live over the weekend with BMI songwriters and composers taking major accolades. For those that missed the action of the star-studded event, the show will be broadcast on September 16, 2017, at 8:00PM ET… Read more...
For the 20th year, award-winning BMI conductor and composer Lucas Richman has successfully lead a six-day intensive conducting workshop for an elite group of BMI composers. This once-in-a-career opportunity, which is sponsored by BMI, provided the participants with hands on experience, under Richman’s expert guidance, to hone their conducting skills… Read more...
Captured at BMI at Sundance: Exploring the Relationship Between Composers and Directors
