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The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients

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Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Lukas Gabric with Paul Williams

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Maria Schneider speaking to young composers

Fred Ho Award Marie Incontrera and Paul Williams — Fred Ho Award Winner Marie Incontrera and Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Winner Natalie Dietz with Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Winner Natalie Dietz with Cia Toscanini

Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Lukas Gabric Roos Plaatsman — Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Roos Plaatsman with Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Award Winner Roxy Coss with Band and Paul Williams

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ASCAP Member Henry Threadgill Wins a Pulitzer

Avant-garde jazz composer Henry Threadgill has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in its hundredth year.

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Jazz Composition in the Digital Age

Technology has always impacted jazz composition. But how has the digital age changed the way that jazz musicians work and thrive? Music critic and ASCAP composer Ted Gioia traces how jazz and tech intertwine, from the early piano rolls through the latest remixing software.

Roxy Coss, ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Honoree, Featured at Newport Jazz Festival

“Rising Star” Roxy Coss, selected to perform at Newport as part of a joint partnership with The ASCAP Foundation, talks about the opportunity to perform at the festival, fresh off her new album’s release.

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Jazz composers who made under $25k in domestic ASCAP royalties last year are eligible.

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Creating the standards of tomorrow.

Join ASCAP today.

Become part of our global family of professional music creators.

The ASCAP Foundation Partners with the Newport Jazz Festival®

Herb Alpert Award winner David Leon to perform at festival’s Storyville Stage

The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients

Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Joshua Green with Colleen McDonough

Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Lukas Gabric with Paul Williams

Maria Schneider and Cia Toscanini

Maria Schneider, John Titta and Cia Toscanini

Maria Schneider and Paul Williams

Maria Schneider speaking to young composers

Fred Ho Award Winner Marie Incontrera and Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Winner Natalie Dietz with Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Winner Natalie Dietz with Cia Toscanini

Herb Alpert Award Winning Composer Roos Plaatsman with Paul Williams

Herb Alpert Award Winner Roxy Coss with Band and Paul Williams

Choral Music Composer Morten Lauridsen, Jazz Composer Maria Schneider And Broadway’s Pasek & Paul Among Honorees At The 2016 ASCAP Foundation Honors

News

ASCAP Member Henry Threadgill Wins a Pulitzer

Avant-garde jazz composer Henry Threadgill has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in its hundredth year.

News

Jazz Composition in the Digital Age

Technology has always impacted jazz composition. But how has the digital age changed the way that jazz musicians work and thrive? Music critic and ASCAP composer Ted Gioia traces how jazz and tech intertwine, from the early piano rolls through the latest remixing software.

Roxy Coss, ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Honoree, Featured at Newport Jazz Festival

“Rising Star” Roxy Coss, selected to perform at Newport as part of a joint partnership with The ASCAP Foundation, talks about the opportunity to perform at the festival, fresh off her new album’s release.

ASCAP Member Benefits

Get special offers on important resources for your life as a music professional.

ASCAP has been huge. I love it when the checks come in! I know it’s not free money, but it feels like it when they come. It’s like ‘Oh! Wow! Something that I didn’t have to fly someplace for!

—Maria Schneider

Rock out. Cash in.

Get paid when you play your music live with ASCAP OnStage.

ASCAP Plus Awards

Jazz composers who made under $25k in domestic ASCAP royalties last year are eligible.

ASCAP Jazz Programs & Opportunities

Say hello to your neighborhood ASCAP Jazz rep.

ASCAP Jazz Video Playlist

Performances & insights from some of our favorite jazz composers.

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Domestic Writer - July 10, 2017