September 9, 2006

BMI Hears 'Voices' at the Third Annual Beverly Hills International Music Festival

BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross was on hand for a special performance of Bruce Babcock's "imagined/remembered," a sonata for cello and piano, as part of the "Voices of Hollywood" concert at the 3rd Annual Beverly Hills International Music Festival. The performance, held at the historic Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church on Rodeo Drive, offered a rare opportunity to hear chamber music by film and television composers. Including Babcock, four of the six living composers represented on the program attended: Bruce Broughton ("Variations"), Aaron Zigman ("Vis Vitae") and Don Davis ("Illicit Felicity"). Also featured were pieces by BMI Award-winning composer John Williams ("The Five Sacred Trees"), André Previn ("Trio") and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

The Beverly Hills International Music Festival was founded in 2004 to bring the best of classical chamber music to a city generally known for its array of elegance and to provide intensive study opportunities for students. During the Festival, young musicians have the opportunity to hear the faculty artists perform in recitals and work with them in master classes, lectures and private lessons. Students are offered at least four private lessons, one Master Class with one of the faculty artists, participation in the Chamber Orchestra Workshop, and participation as a soloist in the Festival's closing gala performance.

Shown after the performance are (l-r): BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, Bruce Babcock - composer, Gregory Cherninsky - Festival Music Director & Founder, Aaron Zigman - composer, Nick Strimple - Music Director of the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, Bruce Broughton - composers, Don Davis - composer and Gernot Wolfgang – composer-in-residence of BHIMF.

Photo by Annamaria DeSanto