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Jihye Lee Earns The ASCAP Foundation & Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize

ASCAP member will compose a new piece for the esteemed 68-member ensemble

ASCAP Composer-Arranger Great Johnny Mandel Dies at 94

The music legend graced the silver screen and TV with dozens of sophisticated scores, and contributed countless classics to the Great American Songbook

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The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2020 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients

Program selects 20 gifted jazz composers, ages 17 to 29, for cash awards and recognition. (Photos courtesy of The ASCAP Foundation; collage by Frank J. Oteri, New Music Box)

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Future Giants of Jazz Composing Honored with 2019 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards

Awards handed out at annual ASCAP Foundation Honors ceremony in NYC

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