ASCAP
Foundation President Marilyn Bergman has announced the
winners of the first annual ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz
Composer Awards.
Announcing the awards, Marilyn Bergman said, “The
ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards were created
to encourage gifted American jazz composers to create
new works. Composers from throughout the United States
ranging in age from 12 to 30 competed for the cash awards.
The young talents nurtured by this program represent
the future of this uniquely American art form. We congratulate
the recipients and extend thanks to the dedicated panel
of ASCAP composers who selected the winners.”
Established in 2002, this first annual ASCAP Foundation
program recognizes composers under 30 years of age whose
works are selected through a juried national competition.
The 2002 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award
recipients are:
Quamon Fowler, 22, Ft. Worth, TX; Maxwell Snyder, 25,
Mooresville, NC; Sherisse Rogers, 24, Long Island City,
NY; Brian Van Arsdale, 23, Roswell, GA; Ben Wendel,
26, Santa Monica, CA ; Greg Reitan, 29, Los Angeles,
CA; Ez Weiss, 23, Portland, OR; Maurice Brown, 21, Ashland,
IL; Bob Reynolds, 25, Astoria, NY; Javier Arau, 27,
Brooklyn, NY; Scott Routenberg, 23, Roswell, GA; Gordon
Haab III, 26, Los Angeles, CA; Jeremy Siskind, 16, Irvine,
CA; Jeremy Pelt, 26, New York, NY; Nicholas Urie, 17,
Santa Ana, CA; and Ross Garren, 17, Carmel, CA.
The following composers were recognized with Honorable
Mention:
Dustin Drews, 23, Miami, FL; Miguel Zenon, 25, New
York, NY; David Stansbury, 22, New York, NY; Jason Goldman,
27, Glendale, CA; Mark Lemstrom, 29, Milpitas, CA; Hamilton
Hayes, 25, Dallas, TX; Colton Weatherston, 29, Detroit,
MI; Irvin Mayfield, 24, New Orleans, LA; Pascal Le Boeuf,
16, Santa Cruz, CA; Michael Mc Mahon Webb, 16, Glen
Mills, PA; and Thomas Cole Gardner, 16, Washington,
DC.
The ASCAP composer/judges for the 2002 competition
were: Cecil Bridgewater, Maria Schneider and Billy Harper.
The
ASCAP Foundation supports the American composer
and the development of American music through educational
programs. Included in these are songwriting workshops,
grants to young composers, music education programs,
and public service projects for senior composers and
lyricists. The ASCAP Foundation is supported by contributions
from ASCAP members and music lovers throughout the United
States.
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the world's largest performing
right organization, with over 135,000 composer, lyricist
and music publisher members. ASCAP is committed to protecting
the rights of its members by licensing and collecting
royalties for the public performance of their copyrighted
works, and then distributing these fees to the Society's
members based on performances. ASCAP's repertory spans
the entire spectrum of music -- from pop to symphonic,
rock to gospel, Latin to country to jazz, rhythm and
blues, theater, film and television music. ASCAP's Board
of Directors is made up solely of writers and publishers,
elected by the membership.