Spring 2009

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Event Coverage

Part One
Wynonna
Wynonna
The Sundance ASCAP Music Café Strikes an Opening Chord in Utah
In Park City, Utah, as the Sundance Film Festival celebrates its 25th Anniversary and the everyone was anticipating the inauguration of Barack Obama, ASCAP added to the excitement with the launch of the 2009 Sundance ASCAP Music Café.

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Part Two
ASCAP's Mike Todd, composer Marcelo Zarvos and ASCAP's Sue Devine
ASCAP's Mike Todd, composer Marcelo Zarvos and ASCAP's Sue Devine
Rise and Shine!
The 2009 Composer & Filmmaker Breakfast – Sponsored by Avid

At this year's Sundance Film Festival, ASCAP hosted a special Composer & Filmmaker Breakfast, sponsored by Avid Technology, Inc., exclusively for Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers and their film composers - as well as other ASCAP composers who are in Park City for the Festival. ASCAP presented a roundtable discussion about the composer/filmmaker collaboration with Spring Breakdown (Warner Bros. Films) director Ryan Shiraki, film composer Deborah Lurie and music supervisor Julia Michels. The comedy had its World Premiere as part of the Festival's Park City at Midnight lineup.

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Part Three
Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Robert Redford, Wyclef Jean, Josh Brolin, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei, Woody Harrelson and More Electrify the Sundance ASCAP Music Café
The People Speak: Voices of A People's History of the United States, which brings to light little known voices in U.S. history and is based on the forthcoming documentary The People Speak, was presented at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café on Thursday, January 22nd, and featured readings by Robert Redford, 2009 Academy Award nominees Josh Brolin, Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei, Woody Harrelson, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Benjamin Bratt as well as performances by Wyclef Jean and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes.

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