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May 16, 2013 BMI composer Theodore Shapiro, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross, Former Richard Kirk Award winner Richard Sherman and BMI Composer David Buckley attend the 2013 BMI Film/TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 15, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo

May 15, 2013 David Foster gets a standing ovation at the end of the Master Session. View Photo

May 15, 2013 Onstage from left, guest of honor David Foster and USC Thornton's Vice Dean of Contemporary Music and Founding Director of the Popular Music Program Chris Sampson. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI's Barbara Cane at the post-Master Session reception, held on the USC campus in Los Angeles. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI Icon David Foster offered interaction and guidance at the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Master Sessions at the University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music. View Photo

May 15, 2013 From left, SHOF Board Member Mary Jo Mennella of Music Asset Management, Inc.; Dr. Robert Cutietta, Dean of USC Thornton School of Music; BMI Icon David Foster; music veteran Gary Lemel; BMI songwriter, SHOF inductee and USC Thornton faculty member Lamont Dozier; BMI's Barbara Cane; SHOF Abe Olman Publisher Award Recipient and Peermusic CEO Ralph Peer; and USC Thornton's Chris… View Photo

May 15, 2013 From left, fellow USC Thornton School of Music West Coast Committee Members Randy Poe (Leiber & Stoller); Barbara Cane (BMI); Tom DeSavia (SONGS); and Kathy Spanberger (Peermusic) with SHOF Board Member Mary Jo Mennella (Music Asset Management, Inc.).; USC Thornton's Chris Sampson and Dr. Robert Cutietta. View Photo

May 15, 2013 USC Thornton School of Music freshman Brooke Randol sings a few bars of the iconic Bonnie Raitt song "I Can't Make You Love Me," while David Foster offers some coaching. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant (L) and BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane (R) present singer/songwriter Adam Levine with the 2013 BMI President's Award at the 2013 BMI Pop Awards. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant (L) and BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane (R) present singer/songwriter Adam Levine with the 2013 BMI President's Award at the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo