November - December 2002

FILM & TV MUSIC AWARDS

Avignon Film Festival The Society presented a special panel at this year's Avignon/New York Film Festival entitled "ASCAP Presents: Scoring for TV and Film, Making the Transition." The panel featured prominent Film/TV composers from the U.S. and France. Pictured (l-r) are Avignon Film Festival Director Jerry Rudes, an Avignon translator, Film/TV composer Greco Casadesus from France, ASCAP's Sue Devine and Film/TV composer Chris Hajian. Pictured on the panel are Hajian, Devine and Casadesus discussing making the transition from scoring for TV to scoring for film.

Annual New York Film Music Cocktail Reception An annual cocktail party hosted by ASCAP and the Independent Feature Project was held at Serena in New York City. The event successfully connected film composers and songwriters with independent filmmakers and music supervisors in an evening of casual networking.

Post Supervisor and Engineer Keith Chirgwin, composer Andrew Barrett, composer Ryan Shore, ASCAP's Sue Devine, renowned composer Angelo Badalementi and filmmaker Diana Williams.

Songwriters Jeff Franzel and Marshall Crenshaw. Composer Stewart Wallace, filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris and Tony Gerber. Composer Dan Lieberstein and filmmaker Timothy Dowd. Composers Sheldon Mirowitz, Kenya Tillery and songwriter Kenny White. Sue Devine, Music Supervisors Beth Rosenblatt, Janice Ginsberg, Tracy McKnight and composer Stephen Endelman.

Composer Mikel Rouse's "Funding" ASCAP and Double M Arts and Events presented ASCAP's Composer Showcase screening of filmmaker/composer Mikel Rouse's digital film, Funding, with a cocktail party that followed. The event also served as a kick-off celebration of Rouse's critically acclaimed, internationally-touring talk show opera, Dennis Cleveland, which ran as part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series this year. ASCAP's Frances Richard, Funding cast member and dancer for Merce Cunningham Lisa Boudreau, Mikel Rouse, cast member Veanne Cox, Double M Arts and Events President Michael Mushalla, Producer of Contemporary Programming for Lincoln Center Jon Nakagawa and ASCAP's Sue Devine. Merce Cunningham Dance Company Board member Anthony Creamer and Director of the John Cage Trust Laura Kuhn. Rouse and Merce Cunningham. Composers Gerard McMahon and Doug Cuomo with ASCAP's Loretta Muñoz. Rouse, Boudreau, actress Sonia Braga and composer/songwriter Mark Lambert.

Buddy Baker Film Scoring Workshop ASCAP presented two evenings of guest speakers at this year's Buddy Baker Film Scoring Workshop at New York University. One night featured film composer Elliot Goldenthal and another featured documentary composer Briane Keane. Each discussed the creative use of music in film. Pictured (l-r) are Goldenthal and NYU's Ron Sadoff and Briane Keane at the piano.

Nashville Independent Film Festival Pictured at ASCAP's reception for the Nashville Independent Film Festival (l-r) are Festival Director Kelly Brownlee; manager Steve Norris, ASCAP's Pamela Allen, Universal Music's Brian Lambert, ASCAP's Kevin Coogan and Windswept's John Anderson.