BMI Foundation
The BMI Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by executives of Broadcast Music Incorporated for the purpose of "encouraging the creation, performance and study of music through awards, scholarships, internships, grants, and commissions." [1] Additionally, the Foundation makes grants annually to other not-for-profit musical organizations. The organization is currently headed by Deirdre Chadwick who serves as the President[2] and an elected Board of Directors.
Awards programs include:
- BMI Student Composer Awards for Classical Compositions[3]
- Peermusic Latin Scholarships[4]
- Carlos Surinach Awards and Commissions[5]
- Woody Guthrie Fellowships[6]
- Women's Music Commission[7]
- John Lennon Scholarships[8]
- Milton Adolphus award[9]
- Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize[10]
- Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award[11]
- Jerry Bock Musical Theater Award[12]
- Robert B. Sherman Scholarship[13]
References
- ↑ http://bmifoundation.org/ BMI Foundation, Inc.
- ↑ BMI Foundation http://bmifoundation.org. Retrieved 23 September 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ BMI Student Composer Awards for classical composers
- ↑ peermusic Latin Scholarship
- ↑ Carlos Surinach Commissions for Classical Composers
- ↑ John Lennon Scholarships for songwriters and composers
- ↑ John Lennon Scholarships for songwriters and composers
- ↑ John Lennon Scholarships for songwriters and composers
- ↑ Milton Adolphus Award
- ↑ Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize
- ↑ Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards
- ↑ Jerry Bock Musical Theatre Award
- ↑ BMI Foundation - Robert Sherman Scholarship
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, September 23, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.