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Jul 02, 2012 BMI’s Jake Simon (far left), Brooke Morrow (second from left) and Samantha Cox (far right) gather for a photo with performer Brandyn Burnette at the second installment of the BMI-sponsored 2nd annual 7 World Trade Center Festival, June 29 in New York. View Photo

Jul 02, 2012 Singer Carrie Manolakos displayed her octave-jumping vocal abilities at the second installment of the BMI-sponsored 2nd annual 7 World Trade Center Festival, June 29 in New York. Pictured at the event are BMI’s Jake Simon; Manolakos; and BMI’s Samantha Cox and Haley Hard. View Photo

Jul 02, 2012 BMI has partnered with Silverstein Properties to present the 2nd annual 7 World Trade Center Festival, a series of free summer performances in the public park in front of 7 World Trade Center, which houses BMI’s New York headquarters. Pictured at the June 29 installment are BMI’s Brooke Morrow and Charlie Feldman; performer Katie Costello; and BMI’s Jake Simon and… View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 New York City welcomed the return of music conference New Music Seminar on June 17-20 at Webster Hall. BMI’s participation as a title sponsor included conducting a panel on songwriting and presenting a showcase at Gramercy Theatre on June 19. Pictured performing at the showcase are Ambassadors. View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 Manicanparty’s Jessica Corazza seduces the crowd with her lithe voice at BMI’s New Music Seminar showcase, held June 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 BMI’s Samantha Cox (far left), Ian Holder (second from right) and Jake Simon (far right) gather for a photo with Manicanparty after the band’s performance at BMI’s New Music Seminar showcase, held June 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 The Black Box Revelation deliver a strong set at BMI’s New Music Seminar showcase, held June 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 Ghost Beach‘s Josh Ocean wows the crowd at BMI’s New Music Seminar showcase, held June 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. View Photo

Jun 27, 2012 BMI’s Samantha Cox (second from left), Jake Simon (fourth from right) and Haley Hard (second from right) pause for a photo with the band, Ambassadors, after their rousing performance at BMI’s New Music Seminar showcase, held June 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. View Photo

Jun 26, 2012 BMI recently presented a Million-Air certificate recognizing more than four million performances of “Some Kind of Wonderful” to the song’s writer, Willie John Ellison. The smash was originally recorded by the Soul Brothers Six in 1967, and was later covered by others including Grand Funk Railroad and Huey Lewis and the News. Ellison also received his BMI Million-Air Award for… View Photo