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ASCAP's 2013 General Annual Membership Meeting was held on Thursday, April 18th at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The meeting kicked off the 2013 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, the annual three-day conference for music creators featuring educational and inspiring panels, networking opportunities and exhibits.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) inducted Oscar and Golden Globe-winning ASCAP composer Elliot Goldenthal into the NYFA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23rd. Goldenthal is a prolific writer of music for orchestra, theater, opera, ballet and film.

The ASCAP composer was named a musical composition winner in the annual Rome Prize competition during a formal ceremony at the Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, April 18th, 2013.

While the afterglow of this year’s eighth annual ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO still burns, here’s a look back at some of the highlights, from lessons learned to great photo and video moments from the heart of it all in Hollywood.

Illinois State University will premiere the new 18-minute work titled “Only Air” for soprano and orchestra. The piece memorializes the gay teens who have committed suicide due to anti-gay bullying, and was commissioned by Dr. Glenn Block and the ISU Symphony.

ASCAP's Coleman has intensified his focus upon global culture and music's relationship with architecture, video and dance. A high priority while at the Academy will be completion of a new work for 24 voices and live electronics.

Seven ASCAP members and affiliate members have been awarded Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in the field of Music Composition. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a large pool of applicants.

The ASCAP composer has been appointed as a Composer-in-Residence with the 2013 Chelsea Music Festival in New York City. This interdisciplinary music festival directed by conductor Ken-David Masur and pianist Melinda Lee Masur will present both world and New York premieres of four of Nathan’s works over the course of the festival.

Written, composed and performed by ASCAP member Joseph Keckler, this conceptual tour-de-force also provided a vehicle for fellow ASCAP member Patrick Grant, collaborating as music producer, with violin arrangements added to the artistic mix by Dan Bartfield.

Five ASCAP composers were chosen from over 150 submissions received from around the country. They represent a broad spectrum of musical backgrounds and sound worlds.

The Awards program provides recognition and cash awards to gifted young composers of Concert Music. This year, 28 composers between the ages of 8 to 30 years of age were selected from nearly 600 submissions.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the New York Virtuoso Singers, 25 of America’s leading composers were commissioned to write short works for this elite chorus. Under the stewardship of Harold Rosenbaum, the March 3rd concert further solidified the NYVS’s reputation as a world class ensemble.

Two compositions by the ASCAP member and award-winning composer and music journalist received world premieres on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 at the Tenri Cultural Institute. “Versions of the Truth” and “Setting the World at Five and Seven” were performed by Phillip Cheah and Trudy Chan.

The ASCAP composer has been awarded a commissioning grant by The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization, Inc. in support of her work,  "Pure, Cool (Water) - Symphony No. 4." Conceived as a consortium work, the music will be playable by a wide range of orchestras.