YOUNG COMPOSERS SHARE LIMELIGHT WITH THE GREATS

ASCAP's Concert Music Awards Honor the Next Generation

Pictured (l-r) are award winner Ching Mei-Lin, presenter John Corigliano, award winners Michael Morgan, William Barret Anspach and Daniel Schlosberg

In addition to honoring such leaders as George Perle, Meredith Monk, David Gockley, Michael Morgan and Meet the Composer, The 2005 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award recipients were presented and congratulated at the 2005 Concert Music Awards. The ASCAP Foundation program honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. The 2005 ASCAP composer/judges were: Samuel Adler, Eve Beglarian, Martin Bresnick, Keith Fitch, Jennifer Higdon, Marc Mellits, and Christopher Theofanidis.