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BMI Congratulates Composer Rhiannon Giddens for Pulitzer Prize Win

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From News, posted 5.10.23 BMI is very proud to congratulate composer Rhiannon Giddens, who was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music for co-writing the opera, Omar. Based on the autobiography of Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said, Giddens’ libretto of the Prize-winning work is performed in English and Arabic, richly illustrating the epic narrative… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its 2022 GRAMMY Winners

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From News, posted 4.04.22 BMI is extremely proud to salute our incredible affiliates who won the music industry’s most prestigious accolades last night at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which were presented at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. At both an untelevised ceremony earlier in the evening and on CBS’ live… Read more...


Classical Music Finds a Way to Showcase New Works

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From News, posted 9.01.20 Across the country beginning in early March, classical concerts were being postponed, then canceled. Since then, though concert halls remain dark, the creation and performance of music has continued, thanks to numerous classical music organizations that have stepped up during these unprecedented times to ensure that classical composers have platforms… Read more...


BMI Affiliates Rhiannon Giddens & Tyshawn Sorey Named MacArthur Fellows

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From News, posted 10.14.17 BMI is proud to share the news that singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter Rhiannon Giddens and instrumentalist, improviser, composer, ensemble leader and conductor Tyshawn Sorey have been selected to receive fellowships from the prestigious MacArthur Foundation. Fellowships award $625,000 to each individual recipient as an investment in their potential. Giddens and… Read more...