ASCAP & The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute

Pictured are the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute advisors with participating composers: (back row, l-r) Dan Visconti, Gregg Wramage, Beth Cowart, Stephen Gorbos, Ashley Nail; (middle row, l-r)) Garrett Byrnes, Kurt Erickson, Aaron Jay Kernis, Missy Mazzoli, Anna Clyne and ( front) Alejandro Rutty.

ASCAP sponsored a reception hosted by ASCAP Board member and composer Stephen Paulus and ASCAP's Frances Richard after the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute concert conducted by Osmo V�nsk� (TEOSTO), on December 1, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN. The reception was to celebrate the commitment of the orchestra and music director to the music of the Young American composers participating in the Composers Institute. Richard also presented a seminar for the composer participants as part of the event. The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute provides the opportunity for a select group of composers from across the nation to participate in an intensive week-long immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra. Each of the composers had a work performed. The ASCAP composer participants included Missy Mazzoli (Brooklyn, NY), Ashley Nail (Minneapolis, MN), Kurt Erickson (American Canyon, CA), Alejandro Rutty (Oneonta, NY), Garrett Byrnes (Bloomington, IN) and Anna Clyne (Brooklyn, NY).