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Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival are (front row) Natalie Hemby, Paul Overstreet, Kim Carnes, Hugh Prestwood, and Scotty Emerick; (middle row) Dave Ellingson, Daniel Tashian, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Lucie Silvas, BMI’s Mary Loving, and James Slater; (back row): Key West Songwriters Festival Director Charlie Bauer, Jeff Cohen, BMI’s Charlie Feldman, Chris Barron, Billy Panda, Storme Warren,… View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Jeff Cohen performs at the Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival on September 18 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, MA. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 During the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival, singer-songwriter Chris Barron was awarded Million-Air certificates for his hits “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes,” both performed by his band, The Spin Doctors. Pictured are BMI’s Mark Mason, Barron, and BMI’s Charlie Feldman. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival on September 18 are Dave Ellingson, Daniel Tashian, Lucie Silvas, Kim Carnes, Natalie Hemby and Jeff Cohen, with BMI’s Mary Loving and Charlie Feldman. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Performing at the first annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival on September 19 at the Union Chapel Theatre in Oak Bluffs, MA, are Billy Panda, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, and Chris Barron. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival on September 19 are BMI’s Mark Mason, Natalie Hemby, and Paul Overstreet. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Members of New York’s film and TV music community were treated to a special luncheon sponsored by BMI on September 18 at the Chinatown Brasserie. The luncheon featured guest speakers Audrey Kitagawa, advisor to the World Federation of the United Nations Associations; and Jonathan Granoff, author, attorney and President of the Global Security Institute. All of the attendees gathered for… View Photo

Sep 23, 2009 BMI sponsored a panel discussion, “Making Your First Feature: Music Makes the Movie,” at the annual IFP Filmmaker Conference, September 19 in New York. Pictured at the panel are filmmaker Bill Plympton, Cherry Lane Music’s Brooke Primont, composer David Shire, BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross, and music supervisor Randall Poster. View Photo

Sep 23, 2009 Champagne flutes clinked on September 17 in celebration of the first session of the BMI-sponsored Composing for the Screen 2009: A Film Scoring Mentorship Program, which was held at BMI’s New York office. The program selects a small number of emerging film composers and provides a series of workshops, followed by year-round continued consultation and development. Pictured are (back row)… View Photo

Sep 21, 2009 BMI singer, songwriter, actress, and Mexico City-winner of Dancing with the Stars Alessandra Rosaldo recently visited the BMI New York office. Pictured are BMI’s Charlie Feldman, Alessandra Rosaldo, BMI’s Porfiro Pina and consultant Ron Alexenburg. View Photo