The 13th annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards will take place on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center in New York City. ASCAP member, composer, musician, and author Peter Schickele will host the invitation-only event, which will recognize the achievements of ASCAP’s 2012 Concert Music Honorees who represent the diverse aesthetic spectrum of the concert music world.
Among the evening's presenters will be Eve Beglarian, David Del Tredici, Joan La Barbara, Paul Lansky, Terrance McKnight, Paul Moravec, Tamar Muskal, Stephen Paulus, Melinda Wagner, Doug Wood, Randall Woolf, and ASCAP’s Paul Williams, Frances Richard, Michael Spudic, and Cia Toscanini.
The 2012 Honorees are:
ASCAP presents the Aaron Copland Award to distinguished ASCAP member, George Walker, in celebration of his 90th year and for his contribution to American music as a composer, pianist, educator, and exemplary musical citizen.
ASCAP presents the Victor Herbert Award to ASCAP member, Jim Staley, Co-Founder and President of Roulette, for more than 30 extraordinary years of presenting, commissioning, recording, and broadcasting innovative composers, musicians, sound and collaborative artists.
ASCAP celebrates Bridge Records (Becky Starobin (ASCAP member), President; David Starobin (ASCAP member), Director of Artists & Repertoire; Robert Starobin, Vice President; and Allegra R. Starobin, Associate Director) for their 30-year commitment to musical excellence and distinguished service to American music.
ASCAP salutes Maestro Delta David Gier, Music Director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, a champion of American composers, and a courageous advocate for the music of our time.
ASCAP presents the John Cage Award to Kathleen Supové, for the artistry and passion with which she performs, commissions, records, and champions the music of our time.
The ASCAP Foundation program honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould’s lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. The award-winning composers share prizes of approximately $42,000, including the Leo Kaplan Award, in memory of the distinguished attorney who served as ASCAP Special Distribution Advisor; the Charlotte V. Bergen Scholarship for a composer 18 years of age or younger; and a grant from The ASCAP Foundation Jack and Amy Norworth Fund. Jack Norworth generously dedicated the royalties from his great standards, "Shine On Harvest Moon" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to benefit gifted, emerging composers. Award recipients receive complimentary copies of Sibelius notation software, generously donated by Avid, the company that creates technology used to make the most listened to, most watched and most loved music and media in the world. In addition, the award recipients are offered a free one year subscription to ScoreStreet, providing self-publishing composers business expertise and the ability to effectively promote their profiles and works through a searchable website. ScoreStreet will launch this summer.
The 2012 Morton Gould Young Composer Award recipients are listed with their current residence, and place of origin: David Biedenbender of Ann Arbor, MI (Waukesha, WI); William David Cooper of Davis, CA (Rocky Mount, CA); Derek David of Boston, MA (Los Angeles, CA); Simon Frisch of New York, NY; Michael Gilbertson of New Haven, CT (Dubuque, IA); Ted Goldman of Rochester, NY (New York, NY); Peng-Peng Gong of New York, NY (Nanjing, China); Ross Griffey of Seabrook, TX (Nassau Bay, TX); Ted Hearne of Brooklyn, NY (Chicago, IL); David Hertzberg of New York, NY (Santa Monica, CA); Andrew Hsu of Philadelphia, PA (Fremont, CA); Emily Koh Waltham, MA (Singapore); Michael Lee of New York, NY (Atlanta, GA); Maxwell J. McKee of Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (Montclair, NJ); Jared Abraham Miller of New York, NY (Los Angeles, CA); Eric Nathan of New York, NY; Gity H. Razaz of New York, NY (Tehran, Iran); Kathryn Salfelder of Fairlawn, NJ (Paterson, NJ); Nathan Shields of Poughkeepsie, NY (Traverse City, MI); Mike Sweeney of Bloomington, IN (Albert Lea, MN); and Roger Zare of Ann Arbor, MI (Sarasota, FL).
The following composers received Honorable Mention: Anthony R. Green of Boulder, CO (Arlington, VA); Ian Ng of Long Island City, NY (Hong Kong, China); Michael Schachter of Ann Arbor, MI (Boston, MA); Matt Smith of Cleveland, OH (San Diego, CA); Francisco Castillo Trigueros of Chicago, IL (Mexico City, Mexico); and Clinton J. Wang of New Haven, CT (Toronto, Canada).
The youngest ASCAP Foundation composer Award recipients range in age from 12 to 18 and are listed by state of residence: Miles Jefferson Friday, age 18 (WA); Tengku Ahmad Irfan age 13 (NY); Anna Larsen, age 12 (MA); Yeeren I. Low, age 15 (PA); John Peter Redmond, age 12 (NY); Thomas Reeves, age 17 (NY); Jonas Tarm, age 18 (IL); and Renata Vallecillo, age 12 (NJ).
Honorable Mention in the youngest category: Gideon Broshy, age 18 (NY); Emily Elizabeth Brown, age 17 (MD); Thomas Feng, age 18 (CA); Sidarth Jayadev, age 14 (NY); Jake Landau, age 16 (CT); and Yeeray Low, age 17 (PA).
The 2012 ASCAP composer/judges were: Samuel Adler, Eve Beglarian, Yotam Haber, Tamar Muskal, Roberto Sierra, Augusta Read Thomas and Randall Woolf.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Monday, November 8, 2010
DT Awards
Congrats to all!
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced the winners of the 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation-only ceremony and reception on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the ASCAP Gallery, One Lincoln Plaza (1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Street), 6th Floor, New York, New York. Over the years, tens of thousands of dollars have been distributed in cash prizes to winning authors, journalists and broadcast producers and personalities.
The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP. The 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards are made possible by a generous grant from the Music Publishers Association (MPA). Founded in 1865, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest non-profit music trade organization in the United States.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award honors two WQXR Radio/Q2 programs: Q2 with Terrance McKnight and Nadia Sirota on Q2.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award honors three inter-related undertakings: a book, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, written by Sam Stephenson, published by Alfred A. Knopf; a radio program, The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: produced at WNYC Radio (in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) by Sara Fishko with Dean Cappello, Julie Burstein and Edward Haber; and a website, www.jazzloftproject.org, produced at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University by Sam Stephenson, Lauren Hart and Dan Partridge.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award honors Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, with Michael Feinstein and produced and directed by Amber Edwards, Hudson West Productions.
The Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography in the concert music field honors Mary Lamb Crawford for her book, Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press. This award was established to honor the memory of Slonimsky (1894 – 1995), the Russian-American composer, conductor, musicologist and critic. Slonimsky was the writer of Baker’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, The Lexicon of Musical Invective and Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography.
The authors and publishers of the eight books to be honored at the ceremony are:
Glenda Dawn Goss for Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland, published by The University of Chicago Press.
Jann Pasler for Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France, published by University of California Press.
Peter J. Schmelz for Such Freedom If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw, published by Oxford University Press.
Dorothy Lamb Crawford for A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press.
Jocelyn R. Neal for Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music, published by Indiana University Press.
David Hajdu for Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture, published by Da Capo Press.
David Lehman for A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, published by Nextbook/Schocken.
Robin D.G. Kelley for Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, published by Free Press.
The eight writers and editors of journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and liner notes and their respective publishers to be honored are:
J. Peter Burkholder for his article, Music of the Americas and Historical Narratives, from American Music, published by University of Illinois Press.
Richard E. Rodda for his program note for Elgar, The Dream of Geronitius, published in the program book of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Russell Platt for his articles, The Lady Killer, published by Opera News, and New-Time Religion, published by The New Yorker.
Joseph Dalton for his article, On Record-An Overview of the State of the Contemporary Music Recording, published by New Music Box.
Ann Powers for her articles, The Cultural Critic: Lady Gaga, It’s Time for Idol to Open the Closet Door, and My Night with Prince, published by The Los Angeles Times.
Ashley Kahn for his liner notes to Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Deluxe Edition), issued by Concord Music Group.
Sylvie Simmons for her liner notes to Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, issued by Columbia/Legacy Records.
Gene Santoro for his article, W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft, published by Chamber Music Magazine.
The members of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Judging Panel for 2010 are Paul Moravec, Curtis Hughes, Eleonor Sandresky, Richard Miller, Julie Flanders, David Massengill, Matthew Shipp, Pat Irwin, and Wesley Stace.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 390,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced the winners of the 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation-only ceremony and reception on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the ASCAP Gallery, One Lincoln Plaza (1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Street), 6th Floor, New York, New York. Over the years, tens of thousands of dollars have been distributed in cash prizes to winning authors, journalists and broadcast producers and personalities.
The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP. The 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards are made possible by a generous grant from the Music Publishers Association (MPA). Founded in 1865, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest non-profit music trade organization in the United States.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award honors two WQXR Radio/Q2 programs: Q2 with Terrance McKnight and Nadia Sirota on Q2.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award honors three inter-related undertakings: a book, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, written by Sam Stephenson, published by Alfred A. Knopf; a radio program, The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: produced at WNYC Radio (in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) by Sara Fishko with Dean Cappello, Julie Burstein and Edward Haber; and a website, www.jazzloftproject.org, produced at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University by Sam Stephenson, Lauren Hart and Dan Partridge.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award honors Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, with Michael Feinstein and produced and directed by Amber Edwards, Hudson West Productions.
The Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography in the concert music field honors Mary Lamb Crawford for her book, Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press. This award was established to honor the memory of Slonimsky (1894 – 1995), the Russian-American composer, conductor, musicologist and critic. Slonimsky was the writer of Baker’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, The Lexicon of Musical Invective and Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography.
The authors and publishers of the eight books to be honored at the ceremony are:
Glenda Dawn Goss for Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland, published by The University of Chicago Press.
Jann Pasler for Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France, published by University of California Press.
Peter J. Schmelz for Such Freedom If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw, published by Oxford University Press.
Dorothy Lamb Crawford for A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press.
Jocelyn R. Neal for Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music, published by Indiana University Press.
David Hajdu for Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture, published by Da Capo Press.
David Lehman for A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, published by Nextbook/Schocken.
Robin D.G. Kelley for Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, published by Free Press.
The eight writers and editors of journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and liner notes and their respective publishers to be honored are:
J. Peter Burkholder for his article, Music of the Americas and Historical Narratives, from American Music, published by University of Illinois Press.
Richard E. Rodda for his program note for Elgar, The Dream of Geronitius, published in the program book of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Russell Platt for his articles, The Lady Killer, published by Opera News, and New-Time Religion, published by The New Yorker.
Joseph Dalton for his article, On Record-An Overview of the State of the Contemporary Music Recording, published by New Music Box.
Ann Powers for her articles, The Cultural Critic: Lady Gaga, It’s Time for Idol to Open the Closet Door, and My Night with Prince, published by The Los Angeles Times.
Ashley Kahn for his liner notes to Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Deluxe Edition), issued by Concord Music Group.
Sylvie Simmons for her liner notes to Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, issued by Columbia/Legacy Records.
Gene Santoro for his article, W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft, published by Chamber Music Magazine.
The members of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Judging Panel for 2010 are Paul Moravec, Curtis Hughes, Eleonor Sandresky, Richard Miller, Julie Flanders, David Massengill, Matthew Shipp, Pat Irwin, and Wesley Stace.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 390,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
New Leadership @ ASCAP
Songwriter Paul Williams was elected President and Chairman of the Board of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) today by the ASCAP Board of Directors at its meeting in Nashville, TN.Williams' election follows on the heels of songwriter Marilyn Bergman's decision to step down from the ASCAP Presidency effective today, although she will continue as an active Board Member. Bergman announced her plans on April 8, 2009, after 15 distinguished years as President and Chairman of the Board.
Songwriter Jimmy Webb has been elected writer Vice Chairman to replace Williams, who held that post for the prior two years. On the publisher side, the re-elected officers are: Irwin Robinson of Paramount Allegra Music as Vice Chairman; Kathy Spanbergerof peermusic as Secretary; and James M. Kendrick of Schott Music Corporation/European American Music Corporation as Treasurer.
Commenting on the Board's choice for her successor, Bergman said: "I have worked closely with Paul during his eight years as a member of the ASCAP Board of Directors, and particularly since he assumed the post of writer Vice Chairman. He is an outstanding choice to lead the vital work that ASCAP conducts on behalf of all of us who create music. In addition to his tremendous talent as a songwriter, Paul has deep knowledge of both the challenges and opportunities that face music creators in today’s environment. I have no doubt that he will be a powerful and vigorous advocate for our needs and rights. And I'm very pleased that illustrious songwriter and performer Jimmy Webb will be serving as writer Vice Chair."
Williams added: "It's a great honor and privilege to be elected President and Chairman of the Board of ASCAP. On behalf of my fellow Board members, I would like to thank Marilyn for her extraordinarily productive work and the dedication she has shown over the last fifteen years. The ability to make a viable living from creating music is of critical importance not just to songwriters and composers, but also to our society as a whole. Recent advances in areas like technology have opened many new doors for music creators. But we also face a host of daunting challenges relative to how the act of creating music is both fairly valued and compensated. ASCAP must remain a strong voice for our creative community, and I plan to do all I can to ensure this is the case."
Paul Williams is an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe winning Hall of Fame songwriter. "We’ve Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "You and Me Against the World," "An Old Fashioned Love Song," "I Won’t Last a Day Without You" and "Let Me Be The One" are among his timeless standards.
His songs have been recorded by such diverse musical icons as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, Ray Charles, R.E.M., Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis, Luther Vandross and Kermit the Frog.
Bugsy Malone and Phantom of the Paradise are among his song scores for film. "The Rainbow Connection" from the children's classic The Muppet Movie and "Evergreen" from A Star is Born are two of his songs that grace the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 movie songs of all times.
Having completed the music and lyrics for the Garry Marshall musical Happy Days, Williams joined forces with the Henson Company to produce a new Christmas musical based on the perennial favorite, Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas. In 2008, NBC aired A Muppet Christmas: Letter To Santa, an original Christmas special with both story and songs by Williams. Publicly lauded for his work as a songwriter, performer, actor and humanitarian, Williams predicts he’ll be most remembered for playing Little Enos in the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy and for his lyrics to "The Love Boat" theme. As a devoted husband to writer Mariana Williams and proud father, he considers his son Cole and daughter Sarah to be his best work.
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