We are pleased to announce that Mary Rodgers has recently established The ASCAP Foundation Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award, which is presented annually to an ASCAP member who is a promising musical theater lyricist. A composer/lyricist team is also eligible.
Pop and soul songwriting legend and ASCAP and ASCAP Foundation Board member Valerie Simpson has established The ASCAP Foundation "Reach Out and Touch" Award in honor of her partner in life and musical collaborator, Nick Ashford.
ASCAP board member and CEO of Carlin America, Caroline Bienstock, along with her mother Miriam and brother Robert, COO of Carlin America, have established a unique new program, The ASCAP Foundation Freddy Bienstock Scholarship and Internship to honor the memory of publishing great, Freddy Bienstock.
In announcing the 2012 Rudolf Nissim Award winner, Paul Williams, President of The ASCAP Foundation, congratulated Gene Koshinski, whose winning work for full orchestra, entitled Concerto for Marimba and Choir, was selected from among 230 entries.
The ASCAP Foundation honored composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz for his lifetime contributions to the Musical Theater with The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award in a ceremony on December 7th, 2011.
