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Apr 21, 2010 Lloyd, Khujo Goodie, BMI’s Catherine Brewton, BMI “Legends of ATL” award recipient Big Boi, Rico Wade and T-Mo Goodie enjoy the 13th Annual BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase at the Havana Club on April 20, 2010 in Atlanta. View Photo

Apr 21, 2010 BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase winner Nicoya performs onstage at the 13th Annual BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase at the Havana Club on April 20, 2010 in Atlanta. View Photo

Apr 21, 2010 Travis Porter performs at the 13th Annual BMI Unsigned Urban Showcase at the Havana Club on April 20, 2010 in Atlanta. View Photo

Apr 21, 2010 BMI presented its 13th Annual Unsigned Urban Showcase April 20, at the Havana Club in Atlanta. Hosted by R&B crooner Lloyd and DJ Drama, the showcase featured performances by hip-hop heir apparent Drake (pictured) and Atlanta-bred Travis Porter, who each brought their respective high-energy sounds. The evening began with performances from showcase finalists Nicoya, Tra Squad, Miss Mykie and Terrell… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 YMF Composer-in-Residence Charles Fox and the YMF Debut Orchestra perform Fox’s newest gem, “Arabesque for Orchestra (2010).” View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 BMI composer Charles Fox conducts the YMF Debut Orchestra in a performance of his new piece, “Arabesque for Orchestra (2010).” View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 BMI joined the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) to celebrate the latter’s Composer-in-Residence Charles Fox at a recent spring concert at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. The concert featured Fox performing and conducting his original work “Arabesque for Orchestra (2010)” with the YMF Debut Orchestra. Fox is the composer behind such TV themes as Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley,… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 Emmy-winning composer Bruce Babcock recently debuted his new musical work, “This Is What I Know,” at UCLA. The musical performance piece featured four poems by Dorothy Parker and the soprano voice of Juliana Gondek, a UCLA Professor of Distinguished Voice. Babcock has scored such TV shows as Matlock and Murder She Wrote and has also created original music for films… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 BMI composer Christopher Lennertz recently finished his score for the summer comedy Marmaduke. Based on the canine comic strip star, the family-friendly comedy stars Owen Wilson as the voice of Marmaduke the Great Dane. Also lending their voices to the 20th Century Fox production are Steve Coogan, pop star Fergie, George Lopez, and the brotherly duo of Damon and Marlon… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 Shown enjoying the NAB convention in Las Vegas are BMI Board Chairman Jack Sander, Graham Nash, Colbie Caillat, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. View Photo