NEW YORK, NY ― August 10, 2015 ― Composer Miho Hazama was named the winner of the BMI Foundation’s 16th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize and Manny Albam Commission at the BMI Jazz Composer Workshop’s 27th Annual Showcase Concert, held on June 25th at the Christ and St. Stephen’s …

BMI Future Jazz Master Aaron Hedenstrom pictured with NEA Jazz Masters: Carla Bley, Charles Lloyd; BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick and Jazz Master George Coleman Sr. Photo by Melissa Dispenza. NEW YORK, NY ― May 6, 2015 ― Deirdre Chadwick, President of the BMI Foundation, and Mike O’Neill, President and …