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Pictured (l-r) Back Row: ASCAP's Jeremy Yohai, Songwriters Richard McGraw, Billy Evans, Joshua Meltzer, Noel Cohen; Middle Row: Elena Skye, Dimitria John, ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig, and workshop participant Leticia Wolf; and Kneeling: Reni Laine, Aria Madison and Sheri Miller. |
An award ceremony and performance held at Piano's on June 6, 2007 marked the culmination of The ASCAP Foundation Extended Songwriters Workshop in New York. The closing concert featured performances of a new song written by each participant and demo recorded individually during the workshop.
The ASCAP Foundation Extended Songwriters Workshop in New York is intended to both encourage and educate a select, advanced group of developing songwriters. The program, which ran in eight sessions from May 8, also featured experts who shared their knowledge on a variety of relevant topics including: Adam & Nikki Anders (ASCAP writers), Ronald Bienstock (Bienstock & Michael), Pete Ganberg (Pure Tones), David Gray (A&R, Mercury Records), David Hoffman (Shapiro Bernstein Publishing), Andy Marvel (ASCAP writer), Tracy McKnight (Music Supervisor), and Jake Ottman (Vice President Creative � EMI Publishing).
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Ten songwriters were selected to participate in the 2007 workshop. One of those, Joshua Meltzer, was chosen to receive the ASCAP Foundation Robert Allen Award, given in memory of the late ASCAP songwriter. In addition to Meltzer, Billy Evans, Noel Cohen, Daria John, Reni Laine, Aria Madison, Richard McGraw, Sheri Miller, Elena Skye and Leticia Wolf were chosen to participate.
