BMI Student Composer Award.Jeffrey Stanek, 19, a composition student with MTNA member Don Freund, is one of nine winners, ranging in age from 19 to 26, of the 51st Annual BMI Student Composer Awards this summer. Stanek studies at Indiana University. Other winners include Mason Bates, 26, University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal ; Ben S. Jacob, 26, Indiana University; James D. Norman, 23, The University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas ; Robert Jannsz Pierzak, 19, Ithaca College; Joel Puckett, 25, University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. ; Joseph Sheehan, 22, Indiana University; Nathan Shields, 19, New England Conservatory of Music New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. ; and Dan Visconti, 21, Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nation's leading independent music conservatories. It is located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president David Cerone and Catherine Jarjisian, interim dean. . Stanek "also shared the Carlos Surinach Prize with Pierzak, which is awarded to the two youngest winners of the competition. Sheehan also won the 2003 William Schuman Prize, awarded to the score judged "most outstanding" in the competition. The $20,000 cash awards recognize superior creative talent, and winners receive scholarship grants for their musical education. For more information contact BMI at (212) 586-2000 or www.bmi.com. |
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