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RICE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS RECEIVE NATIONAL COMPOSITION AWARD Office of News and Media RelationsEllen Chang Media Relations Specialist 713-348-6777 Email: ellenc@rice.edu  Four Rice University music professors received the 2004-2005 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Award for their original compositions and recent performances.Anthony Brandt, Shih-Hui Chen, Arthur Gottschalk and Kurt Stallmann were recognized by an independent panel for their work in 2003. ASCAP is the primary performing rights organization in the United States for more than 140,000 composers, songwriters and publishers of all kinds of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. Brandt, an assistant professor of composition, had three pieces that premiered in 2003. He is a founding member of Musiqa, a contemporary music ensemble that includes four other Rice professors and a University of Houston professor. Chen, an assistant professor of composition and theory, had one piece that premiered in 2003. Gottschalk, a professor and chair of the Department of Composition and Theory, had two pieces that premiered in 2003. He has received the ASCAP award annually since 1980 for his compositions. Stallmann, the Lynette S. Autrey assistant professor of composition and theory, premiered three pieces in 2003. He is also a member of Musiqa |
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