The ASCAP Foundation

We champion, enable, educate & discover talented songwriters of all ages with homage to past greats.

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¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Music has the power to unite, heal, and tell our stories. This month and every month, we celebrate the vibrant rhythms, enduring traditions, and incredible artists from across the Hispanic and Latinx diaspora who shape our global soundtrack.

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The ASCAP Foundation Fall Workshop Series is back! 🎶 Learn how to turn your stories into hits from expert songwriters like Corey Crowder, Kellie Besch and more.

Read all about each workshop and submit your application now: https://t.co/V8U3mgopjt

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🎶 Meet the winners of The Latin Beat! 🎶

Five talented participants will join this songwriting workshop powered by ASCAP Latino and The ASCAP Foundation's Harold Adamson Lyric Award to develop their voices, sharpen their craft, and bring their stories to life through music.

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🎶 What a showcase! Our young musicians at Harlem Grown shared what they learned in guitar & djembe this summer 🎸🥁🌱

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Happy Birthday to the legendary Louis Armstrong! 🎺✨

We're proud to honor his legacy through The ASCAP Foundation's What a Wonderful World program, where elementary students learn about jazz, Louis Armstrong, and guitar—helping inspire the next generation of music creators.

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Applications are now open for The ASCAP Foundation Music is our Foundation Scholarship, eligible for all undergraduate and graduate students studying music!
Don't miss this opportunity to invest in your future: https://t.co/VKQ6WLmUoE

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Happy #TheatreThursday! This past spring, The ASCAP Foundation had the privilege of taking a class of high school students in LA to see Hell's Kitchen, the acclaimed jukebox musical written and soundtracked by ASCAP member Alicia Keys!

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Congratulations to ASCAP Foundation recipient and Grammy and Emmy winning composer @mlebear for getting signed to Sony Music Masterworks! ✨At age 6, she won her first (of many) ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award and is the youngest person to receive the Award!

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ASCAP Foundation Board Member and legendary composer Tania León was recently featured on Living the Creative Life, a conversational series with classical pianist Zsolt Bognár that focuses on engaging with creatives about artistic practices and disciplines.

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Today marks the start of an incredible journey at @HarlemGrown, where dreams take flight through music! 🎸 For the next six weeks, students will be learning guitar and djembe from ASCAP Foundation recipients.

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Our annual Summer Music Program with @FreshAirFund starts this week! ☀🎶 We're looking forward to a season of music and creativity. Campers at the Fresh Air Fund will be learning guitar and piano - we can't wait to hear the songs they'll play all summer long!

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The ASCAP Foundation wishes you a Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 Music amplifies self expression - we are proud to support young musicians of all different backgrounds as they share their unique voices with the world.

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards! 📷📷 Read the press release: https://t.co/2oQKRlqTcq

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The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop made for a magical week 🌟 Thank you to all of the writers, performers, and mentors who made this workshop such a success. Until the next curtain call... 🎟️

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There's still time to enter The ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards! Send us the books, articles, or liner notes you're most proud of 🎹
https://t.co/25KpTO4uSv

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Antonius Nazareth and the cast of his new musical, LILLYVILLE, brought down the house during night 1 of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop.

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Congrats to Antonius Nazareth and the entire cast of LILLYVILLE! There is more helpful advice coming, so join us for Nights 2 and 3 of the Musical Theatre Workshop at The Wallis. Join the standby line if tickets are sold out online, there's always an open seat!

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As part of our program Children Will Listen, these high schoolers experienced the power of live theater with the 11x Tony-nominated musical Ragtime — a moving story about hope, change, and the pursuit of justice 🎭

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The ASCAP Foundation Leiber & Stoller Scholarship for Songwriting is now open! High school seniors planning to major in music are eligible to submit. Apply now: https://t.co/s1wIf40nQt...

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The ASCAP Foundation “The Latin Beat” Songwriting Program is back! Supported by the Harold Adamson Lyric Award, “The Latin Beat” benefits songwriters who write in the Latin music genre and who are in the early stages of their careers. Submit by May 21: https://t.co/yJlYBHy4Vw

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The Latin Beat está de vuelta!

El programa de composición de The ASCAP Foundation, apoyado por el Harold Adamson Lyric Award, regresa. Si haces música latina y estás en las primeras etapas de tu carrera, esto es para ti.

Aplica antes del 21 de mayo: https://t.co/yJlYBHy4Vw