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Cornell Orchestras win ASCAP Award | Wed Jul 15, 2009

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) joined the League of American Orchestras in presenting 26 awards to orchestras who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to contemporary composers at a special awards presentation held on June 11, 2009, during the League's 64th Annual Conference in Chicago. The annual ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards recognize American orchestras whose past season prominently featured music written within the last twenty-five years.

Chris Younghoon Kim, director and conductor of both the Cornell Symphony and Chamber Orchestras attended the conference and was on hand to accept first place in the Collegiate Orchestras category. The full ASCAP press release can be read here.