Gifts of Music
We are pleased to announce that The ASCAP Foundation
has recently established three new programs thanks
to the generosity of our donors.
The Hal and Eunice David
Music Instructor-in Residence |
Hal and Eunice David |
Hal David, ASCAP Board member and lyricist for such great American standards as "Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" and "Alfie," together with his wife, Eunice, have established a program at The ASCAP Foundation to promote music education for high school students. The Hal and Eunice David Music Instructor-in Residence Program at The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) was launched in the 2003-2004 school year. |
The Harold Arlen Awards
In recognition of Harold Arlen’s 100th birthday in 2005, Sam and Joan Arlen have established three Harold Arlen Award Programs at The ASCAP Foundation: The Harold Arlen Musical Theater Award, The Harold Arlen Film & TV Award and The Harold Arlen Music Education Award. These talent development and music education programs not only honor Harold Arlen, who composed over 400 songs, wrote scores for Broadway musicals and Hollywood films including the music for the film The Wizard of Oz which bore the award-winning song "Over the Rainbow," but will also make a difference in the lives of numerous music creators.
Harold Arlen at the piano as his dog, Schmutz, looks on. |
The three awards will be made annually to participants of The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theater Workshops and the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop. In 2005, The Harold Arlen Music Education Award will support the Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp, which provides free high quality instruction in music to talented students from the five boroughs of the New York City public school system. |
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The Steve Kaplan TV & Film Studies Scholarship
To honor Steve Kaplan and his commitment to music and education, the Kaplan family has established The Steve Kaplan TV & Film Studies Scholarship Program at The ASCAP Foundation. This scholarship will be presented annually to an aspiring television and film composer to enable him/her to attend the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles.
Highly respected as a composer, performer and producer, Steve Kaplan’s talents and credits span 25 years, and encompass multiple musical genres. As an award-winning composer, Steve contributed songs and musical scores to many popular television shows and films. He received four ASCAP Film and Television Awards for his music and themes on the syndicated game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.
As much as he loved making music, Steve’s true passion was flying. He was an accomplished pilot who flew at every opportunity, and his last hour was filled doing what he loved most. Last December, Steve lost his life while flying to Rancho Cucamonga to a jazz band rehearsal of his last work, "Maniac Mike." He is survived by his wife Shelby Daniel and many family members.
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Songwriter Shelby Daniel and Karen Sherry, Vice President and Executive Director of The ASCAP Foundation, following the announcement of The Steve Kaplan TV & Film Studies Scholarship at ASCAP's April 21st Film and Television Awards in L.A. |
The ASCAP Foundation
Receives 2004 NEA Grant
The ASCAP Foundation has been selected by The National Endowment for the Arts as one of just ten organizations to receive $25,000 each in a new NEA arts education initiative, Summer Schools in the Arts. This initiative, now in its pilot phase, is designed by the NEA to enhance the quality and availability of arts education for young people in summer learning settings.
The program supported by this NEA grant is the Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp which serves musically talented New York City public school students, grades 5 through 8, from throughout the five boroughs by providing intensive, free-of-charge musical training and performance experience. Developed in 1999 by the Manhattan School of Music in partnership with The ASCAP Foundation and the New York City Department of Education, the program's selection process is based on auditions and interviews. Approximately 150 students, who have limited arts education sessions during the regular school year, will attend the camp. In addition to this grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the 2004 Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp is sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and The ASCAP Foundation, with additional funding from the Music for Youth Foundation and a special grant from the Altman Foundation.
Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp Students practice their instruments. Photos courtesy of Manhattan School of Music.
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Music in the Schools
Ginny & Henry Mancini |
Composer, conductor, arranger Henry Mancini was one of the most versatile talents in music. Mancini recorded over 90 albums with styles varying from big band to jazz to classical to pops, eight of which were certified gold by The Recording Industry Association of America. To celebrate the Year of Mancini and the legacy of a man who helped broaden the presence of music and arts education in our schools, The ASCAP Foundation is proud to announce the Mancini Music in the Schools/ASCAP Foundation Project which partners The ASCAP Foundation with VH1 Save the Music Foundation and Warner Bros. Publications.
The Mancini Music in the Schools/ASCAP Foundation Project complements the VH1 Save the Music Foundation program, which delivers musical instruments to public schools nationwide, by simultaneously delivering a package of music materials consisting of folios, sheet music, band arrangements and method books. The materials, provided by Warner Bros. Publications, are supplied by The ASCAP Foundation to VH1 Save the Music Foundation. This program is implemented by The ASCAP Foundation and exclusively funded by Ginny Mancini. This initiative ensures that students have educational materials and quality music to play as they learn their instruments . |
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Jerry Herman Legacy Series
Jerry Herman Legacy Series Scholarship recipients receive congratulations at the MENC Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pictured (l-r) Jason Graae, performer; Paige O’Hara, performer; Don Pippin, conductor; Ed Gelhaus, scholarship recipient, St. Mary's University; Karen Morrow, performer; Jerry Herman, and Ruthie Baker, scholarship recipient, University of Wisconsin. |
Young Jazz Composer Awards
The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards were created to encourage young jazz creators. Established in 2002, the program recognizes composers under 30 years of age whose works are selected through a juried national competition. Recipients of the 2003 competition were honored at ASCAP’s Jazz Wall of Fame Dedication in New York on March 8, 2004 where two recipients performed their original compositions: "Cat’s Whiskers" by Remy LeBoeuf and "The Rush" by Pascal LeBoeuf.
The ASCAP Foundation Young Composer Awards Judges were: John Fedchock, Frank Foster and Rufus Reid.
The ASCAP Foundation support of jazz also includes:
- Jazz Scholarship programs honoring Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and W. C. Handy.
- Jazz Songwriter Workshops
- Grants to organizations such as JazzReach, Jazzmobile, and the New Orleans Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp
- Lifetime Achievement Awards for Outstanding accomplishments in jazz.
The ASCAP Foundation thanks the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation for its support.
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Young Jazz Composer Award winners with ASCAP Foundation President, Marilyn Bergman: (back row, l-r) Pascal LeBoeuf, Remy LeBoeuf, ASCAP member and presenter, John Clayton, John Heer, Marilyn Bergman, Jeff Schneider, Nathaniel Beversluis, Kenny Shanker, ASCAP Vice President & Director of Concert Music, Fran Richard, Michael MacAllister and (front row, l-r) Jesse Elder, Sam Sadugursky, Stephen Smith, Danny Rivera and Matt Roberts. |
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