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Aug 25, 2009 Award-winning composer and Lab advisor David Newman, Lab advisor Doreen Ringer Ross and Sundance Institute Film Music Program Director Peter Golub pause for a photo during the 2009 Sundance Composers Lab. The trio is standing in front of a shot that captures Newman conducting at the Lab in the 1980s. The 2009 session marks Newman’s first return to the Lab… View Photo

Aug 25, 2009 Pictured during the 2009 Sundance Composers Lab are (front row) Sundance Institute Film Music Program Director Peter Golub, with Fellows Madga Giannikou, Chanda Dancy and Lili Haydn; (back row) advisor Edward Shearmur, Fellows Christopher Lord and Kim Carroll, advisor and BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer Ross; advisor William “Vasi” Vangelos, and Fellow David Poe. View Photo

Aug 25, 2009 Pictured at the 2009 Sundance Composers Lab are (front row) Fellow Kim Carroll, advisors Tracy McKnight and Doreen Ringer Ross, with Fellow Magda Giannikou; (back row) Sundance Institute Film Music Program Director Peter Golub, with Fellows Lili Haydn, David Poe, Christopher Lord and Chanda Dancy. For two weeks in late July at the Sundance Resort in Utah, Fellows collaborated with… View Photo

Aug 25, 2009 Shown at the South Carolina Broadcasters Association’s (SCBA) annual convention are Lee Brice, WPDE/WWMB-TV & SCBA President-Elect Billy Huggins, WCRE-AM & SCBA President Jane Pigg and BMI’s Mason Hunter. Brice, a native of South Carolina, entertained the crowd with his numerous charting singles and his most current, "Love Like Crazy," which debuted on radio this week. View Photo

Aug 24, 2009 BMI artist/songwriter Sunny Helms recently joined the writing staff of Randazz Music Publishing, a co-venture between former Alabama front man Randy Owen and Dale Morris of Dale Morris & Associates. Pictured are Dale Morris of Dale Morris & Associates, Sunny Helms, BMI's Bradley Collins, Randy Owen, and his son, Heath Owen, Vice President of Randazz Music Publishing. View Photo

Aug 21, 2009 America’s Got Talent runner-up Eli Mattson recently treated BMI’s Nashville office to an intimate performance, which included several of his own compositions as well as his highly-praised rendition of Marc Cohn’s “Walking In Memphis.” Pictured after the set are BMI’s Jody Williams, Eli Mattson and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Aug 21, 2009 Sony/ATV recently hosted a tailgate party to celebrate the #1 song “Sideways,” co-written by BMI writer Jim Beavers. “Sideways” is Beavers’ third #1 in a little over a year and a half, as well as his first chart-topper with frequent collaborator Dierks Bentley: The duo has composed a number of Bentley’s other singles, including “How Am I Doing” and “With… View Photo

Aug 20, 2009 Gabriel Flores wows the audience with selections from his debut, La Voz Del Amor, slated for release in September. View Photo

Aug 20, 2009 Wendolee kicks of an evening of strong Latin sounds during BMI’s August 18 showcase at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles. View Photo

Aug 20, 2009 Pictured at the BMI showcase featuring Gabriel Flores and Wendolee on August 18 at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles are BMI’s Marissa Lopez, Wendolee and BMI’s Delia Orjuela. View Photo