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]
- David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music[14]
References
- ↑ http://bmifoundation.org/ Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine BMI Foundation, Inc.
- ↑ "BMI Foundation, Inc". BMI Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
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- ↑ "BMI Foundation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ↑ "David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship". BMI Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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