The Fray, Brendan Benson, LeAnn Rimes, Richard Marx, John Forté, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Among Performers at 2010 Sundance ASCAP Music Café
| Source: ASCAP
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 7, 2010) - The American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers (ASCAP) is pleased to announce its lineup of events for the
2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Returning for the 12th
year, the Sundance ASCAP Music Café will present an exciting and dynamic
mix of composers, songwriters and artists from across the musical spectrum
and around the world. The annual, invite-only ASCAP Filmmaker & Composer
Breakfast will once again provide a wonderful opportunity for filmmakers
and music creators to connect in a warm and friendly setting. The 2010
Festival includes many films that prominently feature the music of ASCAP's
composer and songwriter members.
"ASCAP composers and songwriters, from emerging to the most successful,
represent the diverse world of today's music, so we are a great resource
for filmmakers and film and music executives who are looking to find
composers and songwriters for their films," said Sundance ASCAP Music Café
producer Loretta Muñoz, ASCAP Assistant Vice President. "We are delighted
to partner once again with the Sundance Film Festival, with whom we share a
mutual goal of discovering and nurturing great talent, by highlighting the
role of music in film through our live performances and networking events,
and supporting our members' dreams."
Sundance ASCAP Music Café
Now in its 12th year, the Sundance ASCAP Music Café is the focal point for
music at the Festival. It is dedicated to showcasing the exceptional
talent of emerging and established artists, including solo acts and major
bands, and is a place where independent filmmakers can meet and interact
with composers and songwriters to encourage collaboration between these two
creative communities. This year's program features eight days of stellar
programming, presenting songwriters and composers associated with Festival
films along with other legendary and cutting-edge artists.
The featured performers include: 2AM Club, Adrian Younge and the Black
Dynamite Sound Orchestra, AM, Brendan Benson, Isobel Campbell, Carney,
Danielia Cotton, Colin Devlin, John Forté, The Fray, Holly Palmer & Dillon
O'Brian, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Joey+Rory, Sass Jordan, Richard
Marx, Mike Posner, The Rescues, k.s. Rhoads, LeAnn Rimes, Sam & Ruby, Matt
Scannell (Vertical Horizon), Sonos, Vedera, and Youth Speaks. For the
complete schedule, please visit ASCAP's website at www.ascap.com.
The Sundance ASCAP Music Café will be located at the Stanfield Gallery, 751
Main Street, Park City. It is open to Festival credential holders from
January 22 to 29, 2010. Performances begin each day at 2:00 p.m. The
Stanfield Gallery has curated a unique avant-garde visual art exhibition by
influential musicians and pop art icons. This showcase will include works
from Devo keyboardist and composer Mark Mothersbaugh, Brandon Boyd of
Incubus, pop artist icons Steve Kaufman and Peter Max, Pete Wentz of Fall
Out Boy, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, Joseph Arthur, and many more.
Look for special appearances by the artists throughout the day and at some
of the gallery's evening events.
ASCAP Filmmaker & Composer Breakfast
On Tuesday, January 26, ASCAP will host a special, invite-only Filmmaker &
Composer Breakfast exclusively for Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers and
their film composers -- as well as other ASCAP composers who will be in
Park City for the Festival. Festival filmmakers and film composers who are
interested in attending may contact Jennifer Harmon at jharmon@ascap.com
for further details. Accredited Festival press who are interested in
covering may contact bobbi.marcus@bobbimarcuspr.com.
Music in Film
The 2010 Festival includes many films that prominently feature the music of
ASCAP's composer and songwriter members, including film composers Klaus
Badelt ("The Extra Man"); Carter Burwell ("Howl"); Joel Goodman ("A Small
Act"); Nicholas Greer ("8: The Mormon Proposition"); Jan Kaczmarek ("Get
Low"); Keith Kohn ("Climate Refugees"); David Majzlin ("Sins of My
Father"); Justin Melland ("Life 2.0"); Joshua Myers ("The Violent Kind");
Marc Streitenfeld ("Welcome to the Rileys"); Ryuichi Sakamoto ("Women
Without Men"); Marcelo Zarvos ("Please Give"); and Ljova ("My
Perestroika").
About Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for U.S. and
international independent film, held each January in and around Park City,
Utah. Presenting dramatic and documentary feature-length films from
emerging and established artists, innovative short films, filmmaker forums
and panels, live music performances ranging from solo acts to film composer
events, cutting-edge media installations, and engaging community and
student programs, the Festival brings together the most original
storytellers of our time. Supported by the non-profit Sundance Institute,
the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most
ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including "sex, lies, and
videotape," "Maria Full of Grace," "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," "An
Inconvenient Truth," "Trouble the Water," and "Central Station" and,
through its New Frontier initiative, has brought the cinematic works of
media artists including Isaac Julian, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer
Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney.
www.sundance.org/festival.
About Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit
organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film
and theatre, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival.
Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for
directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and
theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as "Angels
in America," "Spring Awakening," "Boys Don't Cry," "Sin Nombre" and "Born
into Brothels." www.sundance.org.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights
Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over
8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more
than 370,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has
representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the
ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world
where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and
foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their
copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed
performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its
writer and publisher members. www.ascap.com