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The 2003 ASCAP Concert Music Awards were presented at a ceremony and reception at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City on May 22nd. The event was hosted by ASCAP composer member, performer and radio host Peter Schickele. In addition to the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer winners, honorees included: Elliot Goldenthal, 2003 Academy Award for Best Original Score for Frida; Julie Taymor, Director of film, opera and music theater; author, designer, lyricist, and puppeteer; Paul Muldoon, 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Dale Warland, composer, conductor and founder of the Dale Warland Singers, now celebrating its 30th Anniversary; George Steel, impresario, conductor, performer and composer; Executive Director of the Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre at Columbia University; Samuel Adler, composer, educator, author, conductor, in celebration of his 75th year; College Band Directors National Association for inspiring and training young musicians to perform and commission the composers of their own time; (inception of ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize for Best Orginal Concert Band Score); and the New York Youth Symphony in celebration of its 40th Anniversary of educating and training young musicians and their unwavering support for emerging American composers and conductors.
A highlight of the event was the recognition of the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award recipients. The ASCAP Foundation program honors the late ASCAP and ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. The winning composers share prizes of over $30,000, including the Leo Kaplan Award, honoring the distinguished jurist who served for twenty-eight years as ASCAP Special Distribution Advisor, and a grant from the DeVries Fund for our youngest creators from K-12 grade. The six ASCAP composer/judges for the 2003 competition were: Samuel Adler; Derek Bermel; Lisa Bielawa; Martin Bresnick; Chris Theofanidis; and Melinda Wagner.
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