Captured at 2013 BMI Country Awards
BMI is exceptionally proud to congratulate composer Joan Tower for receiving the Gold Baton from the League of American Orchestras at the Closing Plenary of the League’s 74th National Conference in Nashville, on Wednesday. As the organization’s highest honor, the Gold Baton recognizes individuals whose dedication and pivotal contributions to the… Read more...
The BMI Foundation, in collaboration with BMI, has announced the nine young classical composers, ages 20 to 27, who have been named winners of the 67th annual BMI Student Composer Awards. Renowned American composer and Chair of the Student Composer Awards Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, BMI Senior Vice President of International and… Read more...
As one of the most performed living classical composers, Adam Schoenberg is no stranger to approving audiences, and this certainly held true over the weekend in Los Angeles. His concerto for violin and orchestra, Orchard in Fog, was clearly evidence of the BMI composer’s deserved stature. Written specifically for renowned violinist… Read more...
Royce Hall in Los Angeles was the venue. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with principal cello Andrew Shulman was the ensemble. And the music? None other than by composer James Newton Howard, who last night premiered his newest work, “When we were one,” a riveting concerto inspired by politics and the… Read more...
For anyone who’s ever gone to the movies and left humming the score, chances are good it was written by renowned BMI composer Danny Elfman. Elfman is famous for the driving sound of Beetlejuice, which became a hallmark for the comedy-fantasy film genre and for video games. He also provided the… Read more...
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 of… Read more...
Cliff Eidelman broke into film scoring at the age of 22 when a performance recording of one of the concert music commissions he composed at Santa Monica City College reached director Monica Teuber. Teuber was so impressed that she asked him to write some music based on the reading of a… Read more...
BMI is exceptionally proud to congratulate its many affiliates nominated for awards by the Recording Academy at the 61st GRAMMY Awards, scheduled to be held on February 10, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Nominations for the music industry’s most prestigious accolades were announced on December 7. In the… Read more...
BMI is proud to congratulate composer Matthew Aucoin whose creative potential has just earned him a MacArthur Fellowship. Aucoin, who is this year’s only composer fellow, is currently artist-in-residence at the Los Angeles Opera and co-artistic director of the American Modern Opera Company. His compositions have been performed at such national… Read more...
BMI affiliates made another strong showing in the nominations for the 2018 Latin GRAMMY Awards, which were announced Thursday. In keeping with their continued ascent, a multitude of BMI’s Latin songwriters received multiple nominations to collect coveted GRAMMY gold for their groundbreaking work this year. Among this impressive list of music… Read more...
| Jan 19 2012 | The Music of BMI Composer-in-Residence Adam Schoenberg: Nashville |
| May 14 2010 | BMI Student Composer Awards: New York |
| Mar 10 2010 | BMI Pick of the Month: New York |
| May 15 2009 | BMI Student Composer Awards: New York |
| Jan 16 2009 | BMI Pick of the Month: Los Angeles |
| Jul 30 2008 | BMI “Vocal Workshop”: New York |
| Jul 23 2008 | BMI “Vocal Workshop”: New York |
| Jul 16 2008 | BMI “Vocal Workshop”: New York |
| Jul 9 2008 | BMI “Vocal Workshop”: New York |
| Jun 25 2008 | BMI “Vocal Workshop”: New York |
