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Winners Circle
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Peter Schickele hosted the invitation- only event, which recognizes the achievements of ASCAP's 2005 Concert Music Honorees. |
The sixth annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards were presented at a ceremony and reception at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center in New York City on May 26th. ASCAP composer member, radio host and performer Peter Schickele hosted the invitation-only event, which recognizes the achievements of ASCAP's 2005 Concert Music Honorees who represent the diverse aesthetic spectrum of the concert music world. Those being recognized by ASCAP this year were: George Perle, composer, educator, scholar, theorist, musicologist and mentor to generations of students and colleagues, in celebration of his 90th Year; Meredith Monk, composer, director choreographer, singer, in honor of her 40 years as a pioneering, creative force for discovery and exploration in the performing arts; David Gockley, General Director of the Houston Grand Opera (1972 to 2005), for distinguished service to American Opera and American Composers, who has become the leading builder of opera repertory for our time; Michael Morgan, conductor, communicator, audience builder, champion of the music of American Composers and distinguished musical citizen, for his tireless advocacy for the music of our time both on the podium and off; Meet the Composer, Heather Hitchens, President, for their towering achievements on behalf of American composers and their music.
The 2005 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award recipients were also presented and congratulated. The ASCAP Foundation program honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. The winning composers share prizes of approximately $40,000, including the Leo Kaplan Award, honoring the distinguished jurist who served for twenty-eight years as ASCAP Special Distribution Advisor, the Jack and Amy Norworth Fund, the Morton Gould Fund, and a grant from the DeVries Fund for our youngest creators from K-12 grade. Sponsored in part by Sibelius, the music notation software company, the Award winners receive free software or an upgrade.
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