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November -
December 2002
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Winter Music Conference
Earlier this year, ASCAP provided much
heat at the annual Winter Music Conference
in Miami, Florida. At the dance music industry's
largest gathering ever, ASCAP set up shop
at the Stuff Hotel and showcased hot new
talent from around the country (and the
globe) such as Aerial from Atlanta, Alex
Kid from Paris, Morel from Washington DC
and the Nortec Collective from Tijuana.
ASCAP also presented established, high-profile
artists such as Kruder & Dorfmeister,
Fatboy Slim, Little Louie Vega, Bad Boy
Bill and many more performances throughout
the week.
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ASCAP's Courtney Hard with Craig Pizzella
(manager of Ginnrail and producer for Marc
Jordan).
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Morel and band performing. |
Nortec Collective (Ramon Amezcuz, Roberto
Menoza, Pepe Mogt, and Jorge Ruiz). |
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Aerial (Michael Angelo Wolf, Coleen McCall,
Heath Cummings, Shawn Smith and Jeff Blackwell). |
Rob Black, Dwayne Tyree, ASCAP's Mike Todd,
Pat Flood, Richard Morel, John Allen and (in
front) Shifty Entertainment manager Craig
Roseberry. |
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The venerable film composer and ASCAP Board member
David Raksin celebrated his 90th birthday on August
4, 2002 at a luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel
hosted by ASCAP and attended by 100 of his close
friends, family members, fellow composers and colleagues
from the music industry. David was toasted by ASCAP
President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman, SCL President
Ray Colcord, Society of Film Music President Chris
Young, Chief of the Library of Congress Music Division
Jon Newsom, and singer/pianist Michael Feinstein,
who treated David and his guests with a special
musical tribute. |
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David accepts a lifetime achievement award from
Society of Composers and Lyricists President Ray
Colcord.
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David with music historian Marilee Bradford, a co-organizer
of the event, and author/journalist Jon Burlingame.
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Singer/pianist Michael Feinstein performs some of
David's most known songs, including "Laura." |
ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman and
Michael Feinstein are pictured with Raksin. |
Photo by Berliner. |
Visionary
Hans Zimmer was honored by the Retinitis Pigmentosa
Foundation at their annual Vision Awards in June
at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly
Hills. Hans, who was recognized as a "Composer
of Vision" is congratulated by ASCAP's Pamela
Allen (left) and Nancy Knutsen (right). |
Berklee
Celebrates
Nine Berklee College of music faculty received 2002-2003
ASCAPlus Awards. They gathered recently for a photograph
with Berklee President Lee Eliot Berk. President
Berk is himself a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor
Award (1971). He won the award for his book Legal
Protections for the Creative Musician (Berklee
Press Publications). Pictured (back row, l-r) are
Ken Cervenka, Bruce Gertz, Lee Eliot Berk, Beth
V. Denisch, Arthur Welwood and (front row, l-r)
C. Scott Free, Jay Kennedy, Julius P. Williams and
Gregory Fritze. Not pictured is ASCAP Award recipient
and faculty member Tamar Diesendruck. |
Photo by Emily Singer. Courtesy of Berklee College
of Music. |
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