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November -
December 2002
| Executive
News
ASCAP has announced
the following promotions |
| ASCAP Vice President Creative
& Film/TV Special Projects Jeanie Weems has
announced the following promotions within the Membership
Group's Rhythm & Soul Department:
 Ian
Burke, in ASCAP's Atlanta office, has
been promoted to Senior Director, Creative Affairs.
 Charis
Henry, in ASCAP's Los Angeles office,
has been promoted to Senior Director, Creative
Affairs.
 Keith
Johnson, in ASCAP's New York City office,
has been promoted to Director, Creative Affairs.
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ASCAP Vice President of Membership
Tom DeSavia has announced the following promotions
within the Membership Group's Pop/Rock Department:
 Brendan
Okrent, in ASCAP's Los Angeles office,
has been promoted to Assistant Vice President,
Creative.
 Wade
Metzler, in ASCAP's Los Angeles office,
has been promoted to Senior Director, Membership.
 Jackey
Simms, in ASCAP's New York City office,
has been promoted to Senior Director, Membership.
 Margaret
Spoddig, in ASCAP's New York City office,
has been promoted to Director, Membership.
 In
the Headquarters Group, ASCAP CEO John LoFrumento
has announced that Bill Thomas
in ASCAP's New York City office has been promoted
to Assistant Vice President, Chief of Staff.
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CALENDAR
Check our online
calendar for more listings. Dates
and times are subject to change. Contact your local
membership office for further details of ASCAP events.
- January 5-7
Future of Music Policy Summit
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- January 8-11
IAJE Conference, Toronto, CAN
- January 9-23
MIDEM 2003, Cannes, FRA
- January 17-23
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
- January 27-February 13
The ASCAP Foundation/Disney Musical Theater Workshop,
ASCAP Office , Los Angeles, CA
- February 8
ASCAP Presents...Quiet on the Set at
Folk Alliance 2003, Renaissance Hotel
Nashville, TN
- February 12
Pop Songwriter's Workshop,
ASCAP Office, New York, NY
- February 18
ASCAP West Coast Membership Meeting
Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
- February 24-March 2
Global Entertainment & Media Summit
Le Bar Bat, New York, NY
- February 23
Grammy Awards,
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
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| ASCAP
2002 DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH JANUARY 2003
December 19 - Publishers' Quarterly BCO*
Distribution for 2Q2002 performances
August 22 - Writers' Quarterly BCO Distribution
for 2Q2002 performances
*BCO: Domestic performances of Broadcast, Cable
and Other surveyed media. **SRE: Symphony Concert,
Recital and Educational Performances. Please note:
dates are subject to change
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|  Adolph
Green, ASCAP Musical Theater Great, Dies at 87
Lyricist, Librettist, Screenplay
Writer and Actor, Long Time Collaborator of Betty
Comden
ASCAP member Adolph Green died in his sleep
on the morning of October 25th at his New York
home at the age of 88. Over a more than six decade
collaboration with Betty Comden, the team of Comden
and Green were responsible for the lyrics to such
Broadway musical classics as Bells Are Ringing,
On the Town, On the Twentieth Century, Peter Pan,
Hallelujah, Baby, Will Rogers Follies and
others. They also co-wrote the Academy Award-nominated
screenplays for It's Always Fair Weather,
The Band Wagon and Singin' in the Rain, as
well as Good News, The Barkleys of Broadway,
Auntie Mame, What a Way to Go, On the Town, Bells
Are Ringing and others. Among the composers
who worked with Comden and Green were: Cy Coleman,
Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, Morton Gould and
Andre Previn. Their best-known songs include "The
Party's Over," "Make Someone Happy," "Just in
Time," "Never Never Land," "New York, New York
(It's a Helluva Town)," and "I Never Met a Man
I Didn't Like."
Adolph Green was born in Manhattan on December
2, 1914. Comden and Green first met in 1938 when
both were aspiring New York actors. They soon
joined with other young performers, including
Judy Holliday, to mount a music and comedy group
called the Revuers which became a popular attraction
at the Greenwich Village nightclub, The Village
Vanguard. By 1945, they teamed with Leonard Bernstein
and choreographer Jerome Robbins to create their
first Broadway musical, On the Town,
in which Betty and Adolph also performed. Many
more shows followed, including the Tony-winning
Wonderful Town, On the Twentieth Century
and Will Rogers Follies. Over the years,
neither Comden nor Green ever wrote a screenplay,
libretto or song without the other. The duo have
been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
and the Musical Theater Hall of Fame, and have
been honored with The ASCAP Foundation Richard
Rodgers Award, among may other accolades.
Adolph Green often acted in films. His movie
appearances include Simon, My Favorite Year,
Garbo Talks, Lily In Love, and I Want
To Go Home.
Commenting on the passing of Adolph Green, ASCAP
President & Chairman Marilyn Bergman said
of her fellow lyricist, "American music lost one
of its most eloquent voices today. Adolph Green,
in his long collaboration with Betty Comden, created
some of the most enduring classics in our song
literature. He will personally and professionally
be missed by us and we mourn his passing."
Green is survived by his wife, Phyllis Newman,
and his son, Adam Green, daughter, Amanda Green
and son-in-law, Jeffrey Kaplan, as well as two
step-grandchildren, all of New York City. |
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OUR BUDDY: Pictured (l-r)
at the Buddy Baker Film Scoring Workshop at
NYU are NYU Director of Jazz Bob Parsons,
Chief engineer and mixer Jim Anderson, NYU
Director of Film Scoring Ron Sadoff (ASCAP)
and Disney Legend Buddy Baker. |
ASCAP Remembers Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker, composer, educator, "Disney Legend,"
and our friend, passed away on July 26th at the
age of 84. Only two months ago, Buddy drove solo
cross-country, and then immersed himself in every
aspect of the robust, two-week film scoring workshops
at NYU. Buddy's passing surprised and saddened
us. In addition to the respect we felt toward
Buddy's compositional prowess, we remember his
unassuming and easy-going manner, which invited
all to readily approach him. We'll long for his
infectious enthusiasm toward composing music for
pictures. His program and faculty at USC's Thornton
School of Music thrived on his steadfast dedication
and enormous energy. Academia will remember him
as a pioneer in his defining of the film scoring
tools for promoting that great art of composing
music for moving image. Present and future generations
will bask in the eloquence and imagination of
his Disney scores of nearly six decades including
‚ The Fox and The Hound, The Epcot Center
at Disney World, The Mickey Mouse Club, Napoleon
and Samantha. ASCAP honored Baker's achievements
at the 1999 ASCAP Film & Television Music
Awards when he was presented with The ASCAP Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Over the past four years, we were lucky enough
to spend a great deal of time with Buddy in developing
our NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshops. His endless
quest for effective ways to structure his teaching
and our workshops' materials was a source of inspiration
and a catalyst for creative work. Because Buddy's
spirit will continue to inspire and be part of
us, our workshop will be renamed slightly: The
NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshops: In Memory of
Buddy Baker. |
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IN
MEMORIAMGrant Beglarian
Milton Berle
Stan Davis
Matt Dennis
Kenneth Dunipace
Clark Gesner
Buddy Kaye
Hannah Russell
Leonard B. Smith
Paul Tripp
Linda J. Woodward
Bobby Worth |
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