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Oct 13, 2011 BMI staged its “Music in Film” panel during the 2011 Woodstock Film Festival on September 24 at Utopia Studios in Woodstock, New York. An annual tradition since the festival's inception in 2000, the panel was a frank and lively discussion about the creative aspects of music in film; the composer/director relationship; the unique concerns created by new media music use;… View Photo

Oct 13, 2011 Pictured at the BMI-hosted dinner during the 2011 Woodstock Film Festival are composer/director Noah Hutton (More To Live For); Meira Blaustein, Director of Woodstock Film Festival; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; actor Timothy Hutton; producer Susan Brecker (More To Live For); and Stephen Nemeth, Rhino Films. View Photo

Oct 10, 2011 Pictured at BMI’s 10th annual “Film Music and the Bigger Picture” luncheon during the IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Conference in New York City are Linda Livingston, Robbie Brooks Moore, Keb’ Mo’, BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross, special guest speaker Audrey Kitagowa, and Ina Meibach. View Photo

Oct 10, 2011 BMI also hosted its 10th annual “Film Music and the Bigger Picture” luncheon at the Chinatown Brasserie during the Independent Filmmaker Conference. Special guest speaker Audrey Kitagawa addressed the room of film, television, and music community leaders. The President of Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, Kitagawa is a peace advocate, humanitarian, and experienced attorney who also serves as Chair… View Photo

Oct 07, 2011 Experts field questions from the audience during the “Music Makes the Movie” panel at the Independent Filmmaker Conference in New York City. View Photo

Oct 07, 2011 BMI hosted the “Music Makes the Movie” panel during the Independent Filmmaker Conference, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), on Monday, September 19 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. In a conversation moderated by BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross, expert panelists Robert Kraft, Chief Executive, Fox Music; award-winning composer George S. Clinton; Lyle Hysen,… View Photo

Oct 03, 2011 BMI’s Pat Cook pauses for a photo with composer-pianist Bobby Avey, who recently won the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition, an award sponsored by BMI. View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 The first phase of the prestigious Composing for the Screen course is underway. Sponsored by BMI and directed by composer Rick Baitz, this New York City-based program selects a small number of emerging film composers and provides a series of workshops, followed by year-round continued consultation and development. Pictured in New York are (back row) BMI’s Lisa Feldman; students Louis… View Photo

Sep 27, 2011 BMI's Ralph Jackson, composer Chester Biscardi, tenor William Ferguson and lyricist Shirley Kaplan pause for a photo at the world premiere performance of Biscardi's Sailors and Dreamers. Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, the new work, featuring Mr. Ferguson, was performed by the Sequitur ensemble and conducted by Paul Hostetter in New York's Merkin… View Photo

Sep 22, 2011 Mindless Behavior recently dropped by BMI’s New York office to visit with staffers. The quartet’s debut album, #1 Girl, was released September 20. Pictured are producer Walter Milsap, Mindless Behavior’s Ray Ray, BMI’s Ian Holder, Mindless Behavior’s Prodigy, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Mindless Behavior’s Princeton and Roc Royal, and BMI’s Wardell Malloy. View Photo