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BMI’s 33rd annual Jazz Composers Workshop Summer Showcase, held at Dizzy’s Club in New York City on June 13, featured the best new big band and jazz orchestra compositions created in the workshop during the 2021-2022 season. The evening was hosted by Musical Director Andy Farber and Assistant Musical Director…
BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Presents 33rd Annual Summer Showcase June 13
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop will present the best big band and jazz orchestra compositions produced throughout the year at its 33rd Summer Showcase Concert, with two sets held on June 13 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM at Dizzy’s Club in New York City. Each seating will feature the…
BMI Musical Theatre Librettist Workshop Now Accepting Applications
BMI is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 season of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Librettist Workshop. This prestigious program is part of the Tony-honored BMI Workshop which has been developing professional musical theatre writers through education, peer critique and networking for more than four decades. The deadline to submit…
BMI Mourns the Loss of NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath
BMI is saddened by the passing of tenor saxophonist and jazz great, Jimmy Heath. Having achieved the highest honor bestowed upon a jazz musician, the title of NEA Jazz Master, Heath was known for his lively and playful compositions and arrangements, expertly and seamlessly knowing exactly where and when to…
BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Celebrates an Evening of New Songs
The Drama League-, Drama Desk- and Tony-honored BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop presented An Evening of New Songs for Musical Theatre on December 5, with works by songwriters in the Workshop, including Sophie Oberfield & Fernanda Douglas, Sami Horneff & Ben Diskant, Rick Rea Christopher Anselmo & Jared Corak, Melissa…
BMI Sponsors NEA Jazz Masters Annual Dinner, Presents Future Jazz Master Scholarship
Pictured (L-R) at BMI’s NEA Jazz Master’s annual dinner are: BMI Director of Jazz and Musical Theater Patrick Cook, BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick, 2019 NEA Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim, 2019 NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider, 2019 BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship winner August Arnold, John F. Kennedy Center for…
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Highlights Emerging Broadway Talent
On Monday, April 1, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held a special performance of memorable songs created during this year’s workshop at the quaint Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City. This esteemed workshop has been cultivating rising talent since 1961 and fostered some of the…
Jihye Lee Awarded Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission
The work of the best and brightest new jazz composers who attended this year’s BMI Jazz Composers Workshop was featured in a free concert in NYC recently to determine the winner of this year’s prestigious Charlie Parker Prize and Manny Albam Commission. Hosted by musical director Andy Farber and judged…
What Are The Key Elements of a Successful Musical Theatre Piece?
Each month, different members of BMI’s Creative team give their feedback on burning questions asked by our songwriters and composers. This time, we asked Patrick Cook, BMI’s Director of Musical Theatre and Jazz: The most important element in a musical is that everyone is writing the…
Sara Sithi-Amnuai Receives BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
In addition to honoring renowned jazz pianist Joanne Brackeen and guitar legend Pat Metheny as BMI’s newest Jazz Masters, the BMI Foundation proudly awarded Sara Sithi-Amnuai this year’s BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship. The $5,000 award was presented to Sithi-Amnuai at the BMI-sponsored annual…