Cherry Lane Joins ASCAP Foundation in Creating Quincy Jones Scholarship

To celebrate and honor a man whose career in music has included brilliant success as a composer, conductor, arranger, producer, musician, bandleader and executive, The ASCAP Foundation is proud to announce The ASCAP Foundation Cherry Lane Foundation/Music Alive! Scholarship in Honor of Quincy Jones. Quincy Jones is one of the most versatile talents in music and the all-time most nominated Grammy artist with a total of 77 nominations and 26 Grammy awards. In his various musical capacities, Jones has worked with a broad array of music stars, from Ray Charles to Count Basie, from Lesley Gore to Michael Jackson, from Sarah Vaughan to Miles Davis, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and many more.

Funded by the Cherry Lane Music Foundation this scholarship will be presented annually to an African- American college or university student majoring in music who demonstrates talent and proficiency in the areas in which Quincy has made his mark: composing, arranging, producing, conducting, and performing. The scholarship will rotate among: Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA; Howard University in Washington, DC; Morehouse and Spelman Colleges in Atlanta, GA; the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, LA and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA.