Adventurous Programming at Chamber Music America Conference

ASCAP composers who hosted the reception for the ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards

Special Recognition Award Winner Fred Ho, founder and director of the Afro-Asian Ensemble, with ASCAP's Frances Richard

ASCAP honored 11 chamber music ensembles, festivals and presenters for their adventurous programming at the annual Chamber Music America (CMA) National Conference in New York City. The ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards provide special recognition to ensembles, festivals and presenters that prominently feature new works. The 2008 recipients were: Concert Artists Guild (New York, NY), Earplay (San Francisco, CA), Del Sol Quartet (San Francisco, CA), Greenwich Music Festival (Greenwich, CT), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), Monadnock Music (Peterborough, NH), Seattle Chamber Players (Seattle, WA), sfSound (San Francisco, CA), and Western Wind Vocal Ensemble (New York, NY). Two Special Recognition Awards were presented this year: Skaneateles Festival and Fred Ho. At the conclusion of the presentation, Frank J. Oteri moderated a panel with the award winners discussing their successful programming. For more on the recipients, click here.