http://www.ascap.com ASCAP Headlines - Features - Events http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FEATURES/John_Mayer.aspx John Mayer, seven-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter and performer, recently released his fourth album, Battle Studies on November 17th. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FEATURES/John_Mayer.aspx http://www.ascap.com/network/audioportraits/ Marshall Crenshaw's "Jaggedland" may be the acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist's best work yet. http://www.ascap.com/network/audioportraits/ http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/Wang_Jie.aspx Composer Wang Jie has been named the winner of American Composers Orchestra's 2009 Underwood Emerging Composers Commission. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/Wang_Jie.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/David_Lang.aspx In early November 2009, the choral version of David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion received its first American performance before a live studio audience at WNYC radio's new 'Greene Space' on Varick Street in lower Manhattan. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/David_Lang.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/Gabriela_Lena_Frank.aspx Gabriela Lena Frank received Latin Grammy for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for "Inca Dances." "Inca Dances" was commissioned by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/Gabriela_Lena_Frank.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FOUNDATION/Robert_Allen_Award.aspx Singer/songwriter and ASCAP member Nick Howard has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 ASCAP Foundation Robert Allen Award. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FOUNDATION/Robert_Allen_Award.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/David_Crowell.aspx David Crowell wins ClefWorks' Composition Competition. His work "The Open Road" will be premiered by the New York-based JACK Quartet on January 30, 2010 during ClefWorks' festival, Do you know JACK?, in Montgomery, Alabama. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/CONCERT/David_Crowell.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/ASCAPlus_Awards.aspx Approximately $2.7 million in cash awards for 2009 - 2010 has been made to writer members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) by the Society's ASCAPlus Awards Panels, it was announced today by ASCAP President & Chairman Paul Williams. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/ASCAPlus_Awards.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/12/FACES_PLACES/CONCERT/Lotte_Lehmann.aspx Prizes include Cash Awards and New Song Commissions http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/12/FACES_PLACES/CONCERT/Lotte_Lehmann.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/FILMTV/Imagination_Movers.aspx The award-winning kids music group Imagination Movers is on the move! http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/FILMTV/Imagination_Movers.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/RS_Panel.aspx On October 22nd at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul team presented the latest in its series of panels dedicated to educating the public about the art and business of songwriting. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/RS_Panel.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FEATURES/Rob_Thomas.aspx From humble beginnings to massive success, ROB THOMAS has remained focused on growing as a songwriter, which has led to one of the best careers in modern rock history http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/FEATURES/Rob_Thomas.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/USS_NY.aspx On November 7, the newest fighting ship in the U.S. Navy fleet was commissioned in New York City... http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/USS_NY.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/FILMTV/ETM_LA.aspx A standing-room only crowd of 250 friends and guests gathered at Hollywood's Catalina Jazz Club on Monday night for an enchanting evening benefiting Education Through Music-Los Angeles (ETM-LA). http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/Faces_Places/FILMTV/ETM_LA.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/RADAR/David_Gray.aspx A reinvigorated DAVID GRAY is back with a potent new album bristling with passion and purpose http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/RADAR/David_Gray.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/ACTION/Basics.aspx ASCAP hosted a Back to Basics: Music Producers Panel at the A3C Hip Hop Festival featuring some top Hip Hop producers discussing where the current state of "real music" is in the business. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/ACTION/Basics.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/songwriter_camp.aspx Multi-Genre Group of Songwriters Team Up to Write the Next Big Hits! http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/songwriter_camp.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/Carl_Sigman.aspx September 24th was the centennial birthday of ASCAP songwriter and inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame member Carl Sigman (1909-2000), who wrote nearly a thousand songs in a career that spanned seven decades. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/11/ACTION/Carl_Sigman.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/RADAR/Ready_to_Rock.aspx British pop/rocker Steve Rushton steps into the spotlight http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/RADAR/Ready_to_Rock.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/RADAR/Dramatic_Overtures.aspx Beatmaker Chris "Drama" Pfaff Starts Causin' Drama of His Own http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/RADAR/Dramatic_Overtures.aspx http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/Faces_Places/POPROCK/Anvil.aspx The members of hard-working Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, all of whom are SOCAN members who license through ASCAP in the U.S., showed up for a recent screening of the acclaimed documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil at the WGA theatre in Beverly Hills. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/10/Faces_Places/POPROCK/Anvil.aspx