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2014 Spring Newsletter THE ASCAP FOUNDATION MAKING MUSIC GROW SINCE 1975 NotationsSUMMER 2014 ISSUE NE-YO HONORED AT ASCAP FOUNDATION AWARDS CEREMONY The ASCAP Foundation held its 18th Annual Awards Ceremony at the Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City on December 11, 2013. Hosted by ASCAP Foundation President, Paul Williams, the event honored prolific singer-songwriter Ne-Yo with The ASCAP Foundation Champion Award in recognition of his leadership in efforts to increase aware- ness of disadvantaged children in American cities. A wide variety of ASCAP Foundation Scholarship and Award re- cipients were also honored at the event, which included special performances by some of the honorees. For additional photos of Champion Award Recipient Ne-Yo (center left) poses with (l-r) ASCAP CEO John LoFrumento, ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams & the event, please see pages 4 and 5. • ASCAP Foundation Executive Director Karen Sherry . - SAVE THE DATE - The ASCAP Foundation invites YOU to a once in a lifetime celebration...a one-of-a-kind, historic event to benefi t The ASCAP Foundation In honor of ASCAP’s Centennial Year, we are planning a very special 100th birthday gala titled: THE Monday, at The November 17, 2014 Waldorf=Astoria 6pm: Cocktails 301 Park Avenue CENTENNIAL 7pm: Dinner, NYC AWARDS Performances & Awards HONORING Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Stephen Sondheim, Stevie Wonder and one more to come! For further information, please contact Buckley Hall Events at 914-579-1000 or email [email protected]. • NE-YO HONORED • SONGWRITERS: THE NEXT GENERATION • CENTENNIAL AWARDS • ASCAP DAY @ BERKLEE • JOHNNY MANDEL PRIZE • ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY PICTURES • GEORGE M. COHAN AWARD • DONOR HONOR ROLL In This Issue • MICHELLE & DEAN KAY AWARD • HERB ALPERT YOUNG JAZZ COMPOSER AWARDS One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023 ~ 212-621-6219 ~ [email protected] ~ www.ascapfoundation.org ~ @ascapfoundation . THE ASCAP FOUNDATION Page 2 Notations Summer 2014 JOHNNY MANDEL GIVES BACK Film & Television composer, arranger and jazz musician, Johnny Mandel, and his wife Martha, have established The ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize to support an aspiring jazz composer. The Prize is based on talent and career potential and the recipient is identifi ed from our pool of Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award winners. Johnny Mandel may be best-known as the composer of “The Shadow of Your Smile,” the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning theme from the fi lm, The Sandpiper. Mandel, an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Mas- ters Award, also composed the theme for the classic fi lm and television program, M*A*S*H*, among many more notable fi lm scores. In the 1940s and 50s, Mandel played trombone in bands led by Boyd Raeburn, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Dorsey, Elliot Lawrence and Count Basie. A prolifi c jazz composer, Mandel’s compositions have been recorded by artists that include Stan Johnny Mandel Getz, Woody Herman, Chet Baker and Count Basie. A three-time Grammy-winner for arrange- ments, he has worked on albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, Shirley Horn, Andy Williams, Michael Jackson, Diana Krall and Tony Bennett. Commenting on the establishment of the Mandel Prize, Johnny Mandel said, “Jazz is America’s unique gift to history, I feel that it is vital that we pass this on to our children. This program is an excellent way to do this.” The inaugural recipient of the Johnny Mandel Prize was composer, saxophonist, and multi-talented performer Zac Zinger, who leads the Zac Zinger Group. The 2014 recipient is Erica Sequine, a composer, arranger, pianist and teacher who co-leads an 18-musician big band, the Erica Sequine/Shannon Baker Jazz Orchestra. • NEW AWARD ESTABLISHED HONORING GEORGE M. COHAN The ASCAP Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the George M. Cohan Award made possible by the Friars Foundation. The award is presented to a multi-talented individual connected to the music industry who has had a multi-faceted career and has achieved success in a variety of roles including, but not limited to composing performing, writing, directing and producing. Martin Charnin was the inaugural recipient of the George M. Cohan Award. Charnin started his career in 1957 when he created the character Big Deal in the original company of West Side Story, playing the role for 1000 performances. Since then he has been involved in over 135 theatrical, television, fi lm, and night club productions as a director, producer, composer, or lyricist, and has won Emmys, Tonys, Grammys, and the Peabody Award for Broadcast- ing. He produced and directed the television special “George M” based on the musical of the same name. George M. Cohan was an American entertainer, playwrite, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, George M. Cohan dancer, director and producer. He wrote more than fi fty plays, including several variety sketches, and hundreds of songs of every description including the standards, “Over There,” “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “The Yankee Doodle Boy” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” • THE ASCAP FOUNDATION MICHELLE & DEAN KAY AWARD In 2010 Michelle and Dean Kay established an award to support careers in music, partic- ularly for those who concentrate their eff orts in the Los Angeles area. Award recipients to date include: musical theatre writers Matt Gould and Griffi n Matthews whose work Witness Uganda had its world premier at The American Repertory Theatre (ART) where it was directed by Tony-awarding winning ART Artistic Director Diane Paulus; singer, songwriter and multi-in- strumentalist Jeremy Silver whose song was featured in a Lexus LUV commercial; composer, conductor and orchestrator Nicholas Jacobson-Larson whose piece Fantasia for Four Harps and Orchestra was premiered by the Naples Philharmonic; and, the 2013 recipient, producer and jazz/pop writer Jason Weiss (aka Jay Vice). Michelle and Dean Kay Highly regarded in the music industry for over 30 years, Mr. Kay is also a successful songwriter, having had hundreds of his compositions recorded, including “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra. He was a recording artist for RCA Records, appeared daily on the nationally televised Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, performed live across the nation and produced dozens of phonograph records and radio and television commercials. Dean Kay is President/CEO of his own Demi Music Corp. and its affi liates, Lichelle Music Company and Yak Yak Music, while Michelle Kay is Vice President and CFO of Demi Music Corp. Mr. Kay is on the Board of Directors of ASCAP, The ASCAP Foundation, the National Music Publishers Association and the Harry Fox Agency. His daily news digest, “The Deans List” chronicles the rapid transformation taking place in the entertainment industry and is available to ASCAP members, without charge, as the “ASCAP Daily Brief (powered by The Dean’s List.)” Together the publications reach 165,000 subscribers each morning. • THE ASCAP FOUNDATION Summer 2014 Notations Page 3 1 THE ASCAP FOUNDATION SONGWRITERS: THE NEXT GENERATION SHOWCASES FOUR ARTISTS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Songwriters: The Next Generation, a program of The ASCAP Foundation and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is made possible by the Bart Howard Estate, showcased the work of four emerging songwriters and com- posers on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on March 12 and 13, 2014. 2 The program featured: Nii Akwei Adoteye, a saxophonist, educator, producer, composer and arranger who won the Christopher Newport University (CNU) concerto competition every year he was eligible to compete; Nicky Egan, an ac- complished songwriter and keyboardist who just completed her sophomore re- lease entitled, The 45 Homestead Project; Tyler Lyle, a songwriter who, since the release of his 2012 album, The Golden Age & The Silver Girl, has seen his songs placed in major-network TV shows such as Private Practice and Hart of Dixie; and Kavita Shah, a singer, composer, and arranger who incorporates elements of world music into her jazz-based repertoire. Her debut album Visions was re- leased in May 2014. 3 Each evening’s hour-long program, designed to spotlight the talent of young songwriters and composers, was hosted by ASCAP singer/songwriter and arts entertainment producer Larry Groce who is also one of the founders of Mountain Stage, a live music program on NPR. Songwriters: The Next Generation, was conceived in 2010 by the late jazz pia- nist, educator, composer and ASCAP Foundation Board member Dr. Billy Taylor. Throughout his life, Dr. Taylor stressed the importance of showcasing the talent of contemporary composers who are also performers. 4 Songwriters: The Next Generation, is part of The Kennedy Center’s free, daily per- formance series. The concerts and Q&A with the artists were webcast live and ar- chived for viewing at: www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/archive. html. • PICTURED: 1. Nii Akwei Adoteye (center) with Larry Groce (l) and ASCAP Foundation Director Colleen McDonough 2. Songwriter Nicky Egan (center) performs with her band (l-r) Kyle LaLone, Nick D’Agostino and Dan Africano 3. Singer/Songwriter Tyle Lyle performs his original works 4. Composer Kavita Shah (center) and her group: (l to r) Guy Mintus, Or Bareket and Guilhem Flouzat. ASCAP DAY @ BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC FEATURED EMMY-NOMINATED TV/FILM COMPOSER MARK SNOW ASCAP Day @ Berklee College of Music in Boston, which is open to all Berklee students took place on April 2, 2014. ASCAP TV/fi lm composer Mark Snow headlined the day. Snow is known for scoring many popular television series including The X-Files, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Dynasty, T.J. Hooker, Cagney & Lacey, Starsky & Hutch, Gemini, Family and Hart to Hart. ASCAP Day provides both Film Scoring and Songwriting students with information on current trends in their fi elds.
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