Concert Music Awards

The fifth annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards were presented at a ceremony and reception at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday, May 27th. The event was hosted by ASCAP composer member, performer and radio host Peter Schickele.

This year's ASCAP Concert Music honorees represent the diverse aesthetic spectrum of the concert music world. Those being recognized by ASCAP this year were: Howard Shore, recipient of two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Paul Moravec, recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Tempest Fantasy; Bang On A Can composer/founders Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and David Lang, who received the Victor Herbert Award for distinguished service to American Music; Zankel Hall at Carnegie, in celebration of the venue's inaugural season, and the artistic and programmatic vision of the late Robert Harth and Ara Guzelimian; Ethel, the composer/string quartet, consisting of members Ralph Farris, Dorothy Lawson, Todd Reynolds and Mary Rowell in recognition of their brilliant and passionate championship of the music of our time; and David Alan Miller, conductor and Music Director of the Albany Symphony for his dedicated and effective advocacy of American composers and their music.

Also recognized were 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 approximately $40,000, including the Leo Kaplan Award, which is presented in memory of the distinguished jurist who served for twenty-eight years as ASCAP Special Distribution Advisor; and a grant from the DeVries Fund for the youngest participating creators from K-12 grade.