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| Herb and Lani Alpert of the Herb Alpert Foundation / Photo Credit: Dewey Nicks |
The ASCAP
Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz
Composer Awards. The program was established in 2002 to encourage young gifted
jazz composers up to the age of 30. It carries the name of the great trumpeter
and ASCAP member Herb Alpert in recognition of the Herb Alpert Foundation's
multi-year financial commitment to support this program. The recipients, who
receive cash awards, range in age from 15 to 30, and are selected through a
juried national competition.
The ASCAP Foundation President, Paul Williams said, "We
congratulate the recipients of our Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards and
thank the ASCAP composers who selected the winners. We are honored to partner
with the Herb Alpert Foundation to recognize these talented young jazz
creators."
The 2017 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients
are listed with their age, current residence and place of birth. The youngest
winners are listed with their age and state of residence: Emily Bear, age 15 of
Illinois; Annie Booth, age 27 of Denver, CO; Michael Conrad, age 28 of Greeley,
CO (Arlington Heights, IL); Gizem Gokoglu, age 30 of New York, NY (Izmir,
Turkey); Andrew Karboski, age 22, of New York, NY (Seattle, WA); Gene Knific,
age 24 of Chicago, IL (Kalamazoo, MI); David Leon, Age 23 of Miami, FL; Scott
Ninmer, age 27 of Arlington, VA (Decatur, IL); Luca Mendoza, age 18 of California;
Christopher Misch-Bloxdorf, age 25 of Milwaukee, WI (Kenosha, WI); Kai Ono, age
21 of Lawrence, KS (Granada Hills, CA); Chris Ott, age 29, of Brooklyn, NY
(Kettering, OH); Robert Perez, age 24 of Chino Hills, CA (Covino, CA); Lucas
Pino, age 29 of New York, NY (Phoenix, AZ); Diego Joaquin Ramirez, age 27 of
Woodside, NY (Cork, Ireland); Nikos Syropoulos, age 28 of Los Angeles, CA
(State College, PA); Zan Tetickovic, age 25 of Long Island City, NY (Ptuj,
Slovenia); Matt Wong, age 18 of New York, NY (San Francisco, CA), and
Christopher Zuar, age 29 of New York, NY.
Composers receiving Honorable Mention this year are: Lucas
Apostoleris, age 23 of Miami, FL (New Milford, CT); Mario Castro, age 28 of New
York, NY (Humacao, Puerto Rico); Andrew Leung, age 15 of California; Gina
Ramirez, age 19 of Los Angeles, CA; Jordan Seigel, age 28 of Sherman Oaks, CA
(Los Angeles, CA); Sara Sithi-Amnuai, age 22 of Los Angeles, CA (Sydney,
Australia); and Andrew Van Tassel, age 28 of New York, NY (Short Hills, NJ).
The ASCAP composer/judges for the 2017 competition were:
Anat Cohen, Keyon Harrold, and Yosvany Terry.
The Newport Festival Foundation will feature one of the
recipients of the Herb Alpert Awards during the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival in
August.
Additional funding for this program is provided by The ASCAP
Foundation Bart Howard Fund.
About The Herb Alpert Foundation
The Herb Alpert Foundation, a non-profit, private foundation
established in the early 1980's, makes significant annual contributions to a
range of programs in the fields of Arts, Arts Education and Compassion and Well
Being. Its funding is directed toward projects in which Herb and Lani Alpert
and Foundation President Rona Sebastian play an active role. [The Foundation
does not accept unsolicited proposals.]
About The ASCAP Foundation
Founded in 1975, The ASCAP Foundation is a charitable
organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging
their development through music education, talent development and humanitarian
programs. Included in these are songwriting workshops, grants, scholarships,
awards, recognition and community outreach programs. The ASCAP Foundation is
supported by contributions from ASCAP members and from music lovers throughout
the United States. www.ascapfoundation.org
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