PRESS RELEASE New York Celebrates Steve Reich@70

premiere of "Daniel Variations," a tribute to the murdered Wall Street
Journal reporter Daniel Pearl." And from November 2-4 (Thursday through
Saturday), Brad Lubman leads the Steve Reich Ensemble in "The Cave,"
Reich's ground-breaking video opera collaboration with video artist Beryl
Korot.

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A six-day Professional Training Workshop, led by the composer,
begins October 13 and culminates in a concert by the participants on
Wednesday , October 18 in Zankel Hall, with "City Life" and other works.S.

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S. Unlike the other American Performing
Rights Organizations, ASCAP's Board of Directors is made up solely of
writers and publishers, elected by the membership every two years.

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The ASCAP Founders Award is named in honor of
those songwriters and composers who helped establish ASCAP as the only
member-owned performing rights organization and the leading advocate
for the rights of music creators. "To
say I'm honored is definitely an understatement.

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Previous recipients who have
received this honor include Burt Bacharach + Hal David, Elvis
Costello, Jerry Leiber + Mike Stoller, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell,
Tito Puente , Arturo Sandoval, Stephen Sondheim, James Taylor, Tom
Waits, and Stevie Wonder, among others.

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On Saturday, October 28 at Alice Tully Hall,
Grant Gershon conducts the Los Angeles Master Chorale in the New York
premiere of "You Are (Variations)" for voices and chamber ensemble, paired
with Reich's timeless "Tehillim.

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Carnegie Hall's festivities conclude with
"Making Music: Steve Reich" in Zankel Hall on Sunday, October 22.

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About ASCAP

Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading Performing
Rights Organization in the U. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker , a
choreographer long associated with the composer's music, performs two
classic works, one solo and the other with a member of her Rosas dance
company, Michle Anne Demey, October 3 and 5-7.

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ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman will be joined on
stage by one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Yankees
closer Mariano Rivera, to present fellow Panamanian Ruben Blades with
the ASCAP Founders Award, the most prestigious award that the Society
gives to its members.
"There 's just a handful of living composers
who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history
and Steve Reich is one of them.S. premiere of a new dance by British
choreographer Khan, titled "Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings"
after Reich's newly commissioned score.

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and continues through
November 4. The
all-Reich program begins with a conversation between the composer and
Carnegie Hall's Artistic Advisor, Ara Guzelimian, and includes the U.

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Steve Reich, who recently was called "America's greatest living composer"
by The Village Voice, was born in 1936 in New York City, where he still
lives today. This evening-length work was last seen at the Lincoln Center
Festival in 1999.

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Star-Studded ASCAP El Premio to Honor Top Songwriters and Publishers Tuesday April 5 2005 New York City; Ruben Blades To Be Honored With ASCAP Founders Awar

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Other luminaries scheduled to attend include Alicia Villareal,
Eduardo Osorio, El General, Jennifer Pena , Marco Antonio Solis, Monchy
+ Alexandra, Nore with Nina Sky, Gem Star + Big Mato, Obie Bermudez ,
Rudy Perez, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and Victor Manuelle." -- The Guardian [U.

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During the ceremony ASCAP will also recognize the Songwriter of
the Year, Publisher of the Year, Super Song of the Year and awards
will be presented in the following categories: Pop, Tropical, Regional
Mexican, Rock , Urbano, Independent Group of the Year and the newly
created Television category honoring the Top Rated Theme for Soap
Opera and Top Rated Theme for TV Variety Program. On
Saturday, October 21 in Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall presents a program
of Reich's masterworks performed by the artists for whom they were written:
"Electric Counterpoint," played by guitarist Pat Metheny; "Different
Trains," with the Kronos Quartet; and "Music for 18 Musicians," performed
by Steve Reich and Musicians .

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, representing the world's largest
repertory which totals over 8 million copyrighted musical works of
every style and genre from more than 200,000 composer, lyricist and
music publisher members .

Lincoln Center concludes the month of music with an emphasis on Reich's
vocal and dramatic works.

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Music Writers/Arts/Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK----The 13th Annual ASCAP
Latin Music Awards will be held on Tuesday, April 5th at the
Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

"I never thought I'd look forward to turning 70," said Steve Reich.

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The Akram Khan Company, accompanied by the London Sinfonietta
led by Alan Pierson, gives the U.

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People Espanol's Joselly
Castrodad and CBS-2 News/Anchor Correspondent Mario Bosquez will host
the invitation-only awards dinner, which will honor the most performed
ASCAP songwriters and publishers of Latin music of 2004.

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Additionally, ASCAP represents the works in
the repertories of 70 affiliated foreign performing rights
organizations created by many thousand affiliated international
members. ASCAP is committed to protecting the rights of its members by
licensing and collecting royalties for the public performance of their
copyrighted works, and then distributing these fees to the Society's
members based on performances."

BAM opens Steve Reich@70 with a dance program on Tuesday, October 3, in
recognition of Reich's status as one of today's most choreographed
composers.

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This is followed at Carnegie Hall with a focus on Reich's instrumental
music.