Lou Rodgers, the producing Artistic Director at Golden Fleece Ltd., is this year's recipient of The Laurel Leaf Award from the American Composers Alliance. The prestigious award has been presented annually since 1951 to individuals and organizations in recognition of "distinguished achievement in fostering and encouraging American music". Among the recipients of the Laurel Leaf have been the Juilliard String Quartet, The American Music Center, Leonard Slatkin, Minnesota Composers Forum (now the American Composers Forum), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group.

Webliography:

American Composers Alliance
www.composers.com/

American Composers Forum
www.composersforum.org

The American Music Center
www.amc.net/home.html

Juilliard String Quartet
www.juilliard.edu/programs/music/jsq.htm

The Laurel Leaf Award
www.composers.com/laurelleaf.html

Leonard Slatkin
www.kennedy-center.org/history/slatkin.html

  

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