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Last Friday, BMI film composer Craig Richey and BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross hosted a Zoom panel with recent graduates of the MFA in Film Music Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Joined by program Chair Christopher Heckman, and BMI composers Rolfe Kent, Ronit Kirchman, and George…
BMI Attends Film Music Industry Panel Hosted by Musicians Institute
The Musicians Institute hosted their 5th annual Film Music Industry Panel at the 2019 Film Music Intensive in Hollywood recently. The Intensive, created by the institute’s Rachel Yoon and designed by co-artistic directors Craig Richey and Tom Villano, pairs six Musicians Institute composers with local directors who work together scoring…
BMI’s Chris Dampier Moderates Musicians Institute Panel
On September 26, BMI’s Associate Director of Creative Film, TV & Visual Media, Chris Dampier, moderated a panel at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. The panel, which included BMI composers Jesi Nelson, Ronit Kirchman, Craig Richey and George S. Clinton, director Fritz Bohm and music supervisor/editor Tom Villano, explored the…
BMI’s Support of Sundance Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound Successfully Continues
One of the highlights of BMI’s support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program is the Music and Sound Design labs at Skywalker Sound in California. At the labs, composers, directors and sound designers intensively collaborate to develop music and sound for documentary and narrative film projects. Workshops and creative…
BMI Helps Intensify Musicians Institute Film Music Program for Composers & Filmmakers
BMI’s Vice President of Film, TV & Visual Media Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross was pleased to lend her expertise by speaking at the Musicians Institute Film Music Intensive on July 6, in LA. The Intensive is a ten-day fellowship program that pairs six of the Institute’s film composition majors with six…
BMI Proudly Continues its Support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program
BMI is proud to continue its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, which collaborates each year with Skywalker Sound to host the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. As a founding supporter of the Institute’s Composers Lab, BMI has played a critical role in…
BMI Sponsors Special Holiday Concert in LA With Inspiring Composer & Singer/Songwriter Craig Richey
BMI affiliate Craig Richey’s original holiday songs both entertain us and deeply touch the emotions we all struggle with beneath the cheer of the season. This December, BMI is proud to sponsor a special holiday concert where a lucky few will hear firsthand the insightful music of this…
BMI Continues to Support the Sundance Institute Film Music Program
BMI is proud to continue its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, which is collaborating for the fourth year with Skywalker Sound to host the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. The first 2016 session of the Lab, which begins July 7 at Skywalker…
BMI Composer Craig Richey Enlightens At Musicians Institute 2016 Film Music Intensive Program
BMI composer and artistic director of the Musicians Institute Film Music Intensive, Craig Richey, recently invited esteemed guests to serve as advisors on his panel exploring the creative collaboration between film composer and director, which was held at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles on June 22. Richey, who moderated…
BMI’s Composer/Director Roundtable at 2013 Sundance Festival
BMI hosted its 15th annual Sundance Film Festival composer/director roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” on Wednesday, January 23 at the Sundance House presented by HP. Focusing on the relationship between composer and director, the panel is a cornerstone discussion at the festival on the role of music…