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Pictured at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater
at The ASCAP Foundation Awards reception are
(l-r) Alan Bergman, ASCAP Foundation President
Marilyn Bergman, Foundation Board member Mary
Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim following the presentation
to Sondheim of The ASCAP Foundation Richard
Rodgers Award for Lifetime Achievement in the
American Musical Theater. |
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The seventh annual ASCAP Foundation Awards
and Scholarships Reception were presented on
December 4 at the Walter Reade Theater at Manhattan's
Lincoln Center. The event, hosted by ASCAP Foundation
President Marilyn Bergman, honored a wide variety
of Award, Scholarship, Fellowship and Residency
recipients, all of whom benefit from programs
of The ASCAP Foundation.
The evening was highlighted by the presentation
of The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award
to Broadway lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim
for his lifetime achievements in the American
musical theater. Sondheim is the composer-lyricist
of the Broadway classics A Little Night
Music, Sunday in the Park with George, Pacific
Overtures and A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum. He also served
as the lyricist for the legendary musicals,
West Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein)
and Gypsy (music by Jule Styne). Sondheim's
catalogue of songs includes "Everything's Coming
Up Roses," "Somewhere" and "Send in the Clowns."
The ASCAP Foundation is dedicated to supporting
American music creators and encouraging the
development of American music through educational
programs. Included in these are songwriting
workshops, grants, scholarships, music education
programs, and public service projects for senior
composers and lyricists.
The programs of The ASCAP Foundation are supported
by contributions from ASCAP members and music
lovers throughout the United States.
Lori McKenna, recipient of The ASCAP Foundation
Sammy Cahn Award, performs her song "Hardly
Speaking A Word." |
Louis Armstrong Scholarship
(Queens College) -
Boosey & Hawkes Scholarship honoring
Aaron Copland -
Leiber & Stoller Scholarship -
Leonard Bernstein Fellowship at Tanglewood
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Max Dreyfus Scholarship (NYU Tisch) -
Henry Mancini Music Scholarships -
Michael Masser Scholarship -
Dreyfus/Warner Chappell/CCNY Scholarship
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Ira Gershwin Award (LaGuardia HS) - and
Frederick Loewe Scholarship (NYU Tisch)
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Morton Gould Young Composer Award -
Rudolf Nissim Prize -
Richard Rodgers New Horizon Award - and
ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award -
ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award -
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THE GIFT OF MUSIC
The ASCAP Foundation was incorporated in 1975
after the estate of Jack Norworth, writer of
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame," left a bequest
with instructions to create a program to honor
and support young songwriters and composers.
Since that time, The ASCAP Foundation has been
the fortunate recipient of many gifts and bequests
from ASCAP members and music lovers throughout
the country. The students pictured on these
pages are a small sampling of those who have
benefited from the generosity of our donors.
In keeping with these efforts to grow and
strengthen The ASCAP Foundation, we are pleased
to announce that The ASCAP Foundation has recently
received two generous gifts. Richard Adler,
who for five decades has been writing popular
music and musical theater, has established The
Richard Adler-ASCAP Foundation Musical Theater
Development Program which is designed to nurture
new composers, lyricists and librettists. Jay
Morgenstern, a veteran of over 40 years in the
record and music publishing industries, has
established The Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship
which will be presented annually to two music
composition students at the Manhattan School
of Music.
If you are interested in establishing a program
at The ASCAP Foundation or discussing gift options,
please don't hesitate to contact us at 212-621-6588. |
Foundation Awards Photos
For more information on the work of The ASCAP Foundation,
visit www.ascapfoundation.org
