CONCERT MUSIC AWARDS

ASCAP's Frances Richard and award winner Kit Armstrong, age 10.

CONCERT MUSIC AWARDS

The third annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards were presented at a ceremony and reception at New York's Lincoln Center. The event, hosted by ASCAP composer member, performer and radio host Peter Schickele, was held at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York.

Award winner Mason Bates, ASCAP's Cia Toscanini and award winner John Mackey

Presenter Bill McGlaughlin

Award winner Philip Rothman with composers Jennifer Higdon and Tania Leon

Award winner Matthew Kajcienski with Frances Richard and award winner Huang Ruo

Frances Richard, award winner Natasha Sinha and award winner Gerard Schwarz

American Composers Orchestra's Francis Thorne, Paul Lustig Dunkel and Dennis Russell Davies with host and award winner Peter Schickele. The American Composers Orchestra was honored for its 25 years of service to American Concert music.

Above, prior to the Concert Awards, the Morton Gould Young Composer Award winners gathered at ASCAP for a tour and to meet ASCAP's Symphony and Concert Committee.

Award winner Gabriela Frank performing on the piano.

ASCAP's Cia Toscanini and Nikki Banks and Kevin Kim

Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Davidson and award winner Vivian Fung

Award winners Anthony Lanman, Matthew Van Brink and Martin Kennedy

Award winners Huang Ruo and Tsu-Ling Sarana Chou, ASCAP composer/judge Chen Yi, Wang Xi, Jookang Lee and Ian Corbett