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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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