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Chase Rice: Chase Rice on his Award-Winning Song “Cruise” at the 2013 BMI Country Awards

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Composer Emer Kinsella Brings “Renovation” to the Culver Steps

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From News, posted 9.27.22. This past Saturday, BMI composer Emer Kinsella helped bring to fruition a truly ambitious and unique immersive concert performance in downtown Culver City on the newly renovated Culver Steps. Kinsella performed her own dynamic pieces, as well as work from composers Allyson Newman, Carla Patullo, Yuichiro Oku and Justin Bell alongside… Read more...


BMI Sponsors League of American Orchestras’ 77th National Conference

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From News, posted 7.13.22. BMI was the exclusive sponsor of the opening session of the League of American Orchestras’ National Conference, held at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA on Wednesday, June 1. Attendees of the “Forward Together” event were treated to an exciting live performance by YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). Following the performance,… Read more...


BMI Congratulates the Winners of the 70th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards

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From News, posted 5.18.22. The BMI Foundation, in collaboration with BMI, has announced seven young classical composers, ages 19 to 28, as winners of the 70th annual BMI Student Composer Awards. This year’s ceremony was held yesterday at Tribeca 360 and winners were announced by the Chair of the BMI Student Composer Awards,… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its American Academy of Arts and Letters Inductees

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From News, posted 4.14.22. The American Academy of Arts and Letters, which was founded in 1898 as an honor society of the country’s leading architects, artists, composers, and writers, has announced that three of BMI’s eminent composers have been chosen for induction: John Luther Adams, David Sanford and Annea Lockwood. Adams, who draws inspiration from… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its American Academy of Arts and Letters Award Winners

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From News, posted 2.18.22. The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today that eight BMI composers have been awarded this year’s coveted honors. Selected by a committee of Academy members, the awards will be presented at the organization’s ceremonial on May 18, 2022. Candidates for music awards are nominated by members of the Academy,… Read more...


BMI Composer Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Opens Met Opera’s New Season

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From News, posted 9.21.21. In June of 2019, GRAMMY-winning jazz musician and BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s magnificent work Fire Shut Up in My Bones, with libretto by Kasi Lemmons, made its riveting World Premiere with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The work was originally requested as part of the Theatre’s commitment to commission new operas… Read more...


William Goldstein On the Art of Instant Composition

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From News, posted 9.08.21. Imagine discovering, as a young child, that you have the ability to sit down at the piano and instantly play anything you hear. This skill is so natural to you—you don’t even recall not being able to do it—that it feels entirely normal. You don’t realize it’s unique until adults start… Read more...


BMI Celebrates Classical Music Month

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From News, posted 9.01.21. During the month of September each year, BMI proudly honors Classical Music Month by recognizing the rich history and bright future of classical music. Over the decades, so many of our talented composers have made an indelible mark on the legacy of the genre, such as Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, John Luther… Read more...


BMI and the BMI Foundation Announce 69th Annual Student Composer Award Winners

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From News, posted 6.14.21. BMI, in collaboration with the BMI Foundation (BMIF), is proud to announce six young classical composers, ages 18 to 27, as winners of the 69th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards. Each year these awards recognize superior musical compositional ability with educational scholarships totaling $20,000. This year’s group of talented composers are… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its 2021 GRAMMY Award Winners

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From News, posted 3.15.21. BMI is once again exceptionally proud of its many affiliates who received music’s highest honors, yesterday, during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, this year’s ceremony was unlike any other, given precautions over the pandemic, with no large audience in attendance. With awards presented at… Read more...


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