BMI’s Film, TV & Visual Media executives Tracy McKnight and Reema Iqbal spoke to Jon Burlingame’s class on February 22, 2023, at USC’s Songwriters Theater. The panel featured composers Christopher Lennertz and Dara Taylor, who discussed their career paths and share advice for students, as well as anecdotes about the… Read more...
If you think of some of the most popular animated children’s series over the past few decades—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blue’s Clues, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants—it’s impossible to do so without conjuring a memory of the music featured in those shows. From iconic theme songs to charming musical narratives… Read more...
The University of Southern California hosted a unique discussion on Wednesday, April 14 featuring BMI composers Chris Lennertz and Dara Taylor, who spoke about their experiences in the film/TV and visual media industry. Lennertz, a graduate of USC, talked about his journey in the business over the last 25 years,… Read more...
BMI celebrated the 22nd annual Conducting Workshop for Visual Media Composers with a final session at Nathan Barr’s Bandrika Studios in Tarzana, California on August 24. The workshop gave eight rising composers the chance to hone their conducting skills under the direction of award-winning conductor and composer Lucas Richman. Over… Read more...
BMI has announced the selected participants for its 22nd annual Conducting Workshop for Visual Media Composers, led by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. Beginning August 13, the elite group will spend two weeks sharpening their conducting skills to music written by BMI film composing legends… Read more...
Again this year, BMI proudly continued its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound in California. The Lab, which for the first time included a majority of female composers, provided participants the opportunity to collaborate and develop music and sound for fiction and… Read more...
BMI, in collaboration with the legendary Skywalker Sound, is proud to continue its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program in hosting the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab from July 10 through July 23. As a founding supporter of the Institute’s Composers Lab, BMI has played… Read more...
BMI composers Dara Taylor, Ronit Kirchman, Karin Okada and Nami Melumad were four of ten female composers whose work was featured at the “Women Composers in Media” concert held on Sunday, October 30, at The Ebell of Los Angles. The concert, which was cosponsored by BMI, was presented by Women… Read more...
