Press Release - Ninth Annual John Lennon Scholarship Awards Winners Include MENC Collegiate Members
Ninth Annual John Lennon Scholarship Awards Winners Include MENC Collegiate Members
Two Contest Winners Submitted Entries through MENC: The National Association for Music Education Collegiate Chapters
RESTON, VA (June 5, 2006) “ The BMI Foundation President Ralph N. Jackson recently announced the winners of the 9th annual John Lennon Scholarship Awards, a program that recognizes the best and brightest songwriters between the ages of 15 and 24. Two of the winners entered the contest through their schools™ MENC: The National Association for Music Education Collegiate chapters.
First place winner Dennis E. Reed, Jr., a Catawba College student, received a $10,000 scholarship for his song Out of Control. The contest™s second place winner, Daniel R. Mitchell from the University of Wisconsin “ Stevens Point, received $5,000 for his composition Second In Line.
Established by Yoko Ono in 1997 in conjunction with the BMI Foundation, the John Lennon Scholarships have been made possible through generous donations from Ono with matching funds from Gibson Musical Instruments. More than $175,000 has been awarded over the last nine years to students from select colleges, universities and music schools, and members of MENC: The National Association of Music Education Collegiate chapters.
The BMI Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1985 to support the creation, performance, and study of music through awards, scholarships, commissions, and grants. Tax-deductible donations to the Foundation come primarily from songwriters, composers and publishers, BMI employees, and members of the public with a special interest in music.
For the complete list of winners, song titles, and the opportunity to hear the wining compositions, visit www.bmifoundation.org/news/200605/20060516b.asp. For more information, call 1-800-336-3768, or visit www.menc.org.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the world™s largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. More than 120,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENC™s activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.
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