John Mayer

John Mayer received The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award in 2001. This award, established to honor Sammy's unique achievements as a lyric writer, is presented annually to an aspiring lyricist and is funded by The ASCAP Foundation through a contribution provided by Sammy' wife, Tita Cahn. This year, John received two nominations for February's 45th Annual Grammy Awards. He received a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his song "Your Body Is A Wonderland," a track from his album Room For Squares (Aware Records/Columbia Records), produced by John Alagia. He also received a Grammy nomination in The Best New Artist category.

Jovanni-Rey V. de Pedro

Jovanni-Rey V. de Pedro received The ASCAP Foundation Leiber & Stoller Music Scholarship in 2000. The scholarship is funded through a gift from Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. De Pedro wrote to tell us that he is now attending the Conservatory of Music in Vienna, Austria. A distinguished pianist, he recently performed numerous concerts in the Philippines, including a Debut Recital at the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest and one of the most renowned universities in the city of Manila, sponsored by the University's Conservatory of Music Department. Pictured are Jovanni-Rey V. de Pedro (left) and Mike Stoller of the legendary rock n' roll songwriting team Leiber & Stoller at The ASCAP Foundation 2000 Awards Reception in New York.

Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal received an ASCAP Foundation Commission in 1988 as an emerging concert composer to create his work Shadow Play Scherzo in celebration of Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday.

This year, Goldenthal received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Score -- Motion Picture for Frida (Miramax). He also received an Academy Award nomination for Original Song as the composer of "Burn It Blue" from Frida, with lyricist Julie Taymor (ASCAP).

Stephen Weiner and Glenn Slater

Stephen Weiner (composer) and Glenn Slater (lyricist) received The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award in 2000 as promising young musical theater composers. The award was established by Mary Rodgers. Since then, Weiner and Slater's musical Newyorkers: A Musical Collage debuted at New York City's Manhattan Theatre Club. Weiner has recently completed a new musical, Once Upon A Time in New Jersey (book/lyrics by Susan DiLallo). Slater has just written lyrics for two upcoming animated Disney films, Home on the Range and Enchanted, with composer Alan Menken. He has also written songs for a new Broadway stage adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Pictured above is Stephen Weiner (left), ASCAP Foundation Board member Stephen Schwartz and Glenn Slater at The ASCAP Foundation 2000 Awards Reception in New York.

Carmel E. Dean

The ASCAP Foundation Frederick Loewe Scholarship, established by an endowment from the Frederick Loewe Foundation, is presented to a student of musical theater composition at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.The 2002 recipient Carmel E. Dean wrote "It is a great honor to be awarded this scholarship. I am currently in my second and final year of the Graduate Music Theatre Writing Program, where I am embarking on my year-long thesis project of writing a full-length musical. As well as pursuing my love of composition for the theatre, I am hoping to continue working as a pianist and musical director. I thank you again for your generosity, and in particular, your support for New York University and the arts." Pictured are Floria V. Lasky (left), President of the Frederick Loewe Foundation, who presented The ASCAP Foundation Frederick Loewe Scholarship to Carmel E. Dean at The ASCAP Foundation 2002 Awards Reception in New York.

Young Jazz Composer Award Honorees
Pictured (l-r) are several Young Jazz Composer Honorees who attended the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame Induction reception at ASCAP in New York: Sherisse Rogers, Jeremy Pelt, Gordon Haab, Quamon Fowler, Maurice Brown and Javier Rau.