Sold Out Conference to Feature Panels and Workshops Dedicated to Jazz and Concert Music
WHO: Panelists include: Michael Bearden (Music Director, Composer: Drop Squad, The Visit, Constellation), Philip Blackburn (Senior Program Director, American Composers Forum; Composer: Habanera, Video: Light Work (Many Hands), Bruce Broughton (Composer, Concerto for Piccolo and Chamber Orchestra, Masters of Space and Time), Brian Camelio (Founder and CEO, ArtistShare), John Clayton (President, ASMAC; Composer: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Live at MCG), Jay Cooper (Attorney, Greenberg Traurig), George Duke (Composer-Producer: “T-Jam," “No Rhyme, No Reason"), Ed Harsh (Vice President, Meet the Composer; Composer: “Authentically Classic," “Accommodating Commonplaces"), Elizabeth Hinckley (Publicist, Rogers and Cowen), James Kendrick (Attorney, Brown Raysman), Johnny Mandel (Composer-Arranger-Producer: “The Shadow of Your Smile," “Emily"), James Newton (Composer: Echo Canyon, As the Sound of Many Waters), Frank J. Oteri (Editor, NewMusicBox.org, American Music Center; Member of the Jazz Journalists Association; Composer: “Machunas," “Fair and Balanced?"), Frances Richard (VP/Director, Membership Group, Concert Music, ASCAP), Patrice Rushen (Composer-Producer: “Forget Me Nots," Film: Brewster Place), and Alex Shapiro (Board President, American Composers Forum (L.A.); Composer: “At the Abyss," “Bioplasm"), Morton Subotnick (Composer: “Silver Apples of the Moon," “Gestures: It Begins with Colors"; DVD: Making Score), and Eric Whitacre (Composer: Paradise Lost, Sleep, Cloudburst).
WHAT: ASCAP “I Create Music" EXPO ? the first and only national conference dedicated to songwriting and composing. The three-day conference includes keynotes, master classes, dynamic panel sessions, genre-specific workshops, song listening sessions, product displays, state-of-the-art technology demonstrations, exclusive performances, networking events, and more.
WHERE: Renaissance Hollywood Hotel
1755 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Tel: 323.856.1200
WHEN: Thursday, April 20: 3:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday, April 21: 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 22: 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 230,000 composer, lyricist and music publisher members. ASCAP also represents the repertories created by the international affiliates of 70 foreign performing rights organizations. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American Performing Rights Organization owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
