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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 Composers Featured at Intimate K17 Concert
K17, in collaboration with Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program, presented a uniquely intimate concert on March 30 that included world premieres and original works by BMI composers Harry Gregson-Williams (Gone, Baby Gone), George S. Clinton (Osmosis), Peter Golub (The 8 Miniatures – world premiere), Anna Drubich (LUV – world premiere),…
George S. Clinton’s “The Rose of Sonora” to Blossom in April With Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra
Award-winning composer George S. Clinton spent last week recording his new symphonic composition “The Rose of Sonora……..a concerto in five scenes,” featuring renowned violinist Holly Mulcahy. Held at the Capitol Records studios in Hollywood, BMI’s Vice President Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media Doreen Ringer-Ross got a sneak preview…
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 Supports Alliance for Women Film Composers Annual Meeting
On Sunday, March 18, the Alliance for Women Film Composers hosted its 3rd annual all-member meeting at the home of George S. Clinton. Leadership from the AWFC updated the members on its past, present and future activity, noting the successful professional development series of workshops to educate up-and-coming women composer…
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…
Music is the Cause for Celebration at BMI’s Annual Dinner at Zoom During Sundance 2017
BMI Vice President of Film, TV & Visual Media Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, proudly hosted BMI’s annual dinner at Robert Redford’s restaurant Zoom on January 24, during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The dinner provided Sundance composers, directors, music supervisors and film executives the opportunity to mingle during their time in…
George S. Clinton Interview - The 2011 BMI Film/TV Awards
Captured at 2011 BMI Film TV Awards