BMI presented a night of outstanding music when it co-hosted “Hitmakers Night” on June 23 at Van Dyke in Miami Beach. Co-hosted by BMI Associate Director, Latin Writer/Publisher Relations, Jake Cavazos, singer/songwriter Elsten Torres (Luis Fonsi, Julio Iglesias Jr.) and songwriter Randy Singer, the evening featured ten singer/songwriters performing their… Read more...
The Great Escape, Europe’s leading new-music festival, held May 15-17 in Brighton, England, provided a platform for BMI to host three unique events. BMI Senior Executive, Writer/Publisher Relations Nick Robinson and Emmanuel Le Grand (Editor, Impact magazine) co-moderated a music-publishing panel at the Queens Hotel, in Brighton on May 15.… Read more...
Christopher Young Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement; Peter Golub Receives Classic Contribution Award BMI honored the composers of music featured in the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs May 21 at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held at the Beverly Wilshire… Read more...
Known by a single moniker, Jean spins his songs on an intoxicating axis of smooth r&b and Latin heat, a cross-cultural mélange with elements both current and classic. Originally from Puerto Rico and born into a musical family that includes his brother, Latin star Luis Fonsi, Jean grew up singing… Read more...
Samantha Cox and Porfirio Piña have been elected to the Board of Directors of the BMI Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging the creation, performance and study of music. Formed by BMI employees in 1985, the organization sponsors a variety of programs designed to support music education, encourage… Read more...
The 8th BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence were given at a ceremony held on June 11 at the BMI New York offices. These awards, funded by BMI Assistant Vice President and BMI Foundation board member Evelyn Buckstein in honor of her colleague, the late Jerry Harrington, who… Read more...
The BMI Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards in recognition of outstanding creative achievement in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. BMI's Jean Banks, Director of the Workshop, and Read more...
BMI's Musical Theatre department held a cocktail party on June 20 honoring the winners of the 2005 Kleban Award. BMI composer/librettist Cheryl L. Davis, an alumna of the Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, was among this year's winners for her new musical, "Barnstormer." Read more...
The second annual SOURCE Foundation Awards Ceremony and Dinner, held October 14 at the Chapel at St. Bernard's Convent in Nashville, paid tribute to 10 pioneering women in the country music industry. … Read more...
