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Apr 03, 2017 Pictured (L-R front row): Mary Jo Gitler, representing 2017 NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler; 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Dave Holland, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Dr. Lonnie Smith. (back row): 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman; Fitz Gitler, representing 2017 NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler; and National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu: Charlie Feldman, BMI Vice President of Writer-Publisher… View Photo

Apr 03, 2017 Charlie Feldman, BMI Vice President of Writer-Publisher and Industry Relations, at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Dinner. View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 The company of “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Arthur Woodley as Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Victor Ryan Robertson as Benny “The Kid” Paret and Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” Photo by Scott Suchman for Washington National Opera. View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Andrew McLaughlin as Man in the Bar and Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Denyce Graves as Emelda Griffith during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Principal dancer Joe Orrach, Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith (standing), and Victor Ryan Robertson as Benny “The Kid” Paret (leaning) during the Kennedy Center performance of BMI composer Terence Blanchard’s jazz opera “Champion.” View Photo

Mar 16, 2017 Pictured at the Kennedy Center are Sundance Film Composers Program Director Peter Golub, BMI composer Terence Blanchard and BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross. View Photo