Composer Javier Zacharias was named the 2008 BMI Film Scoring Scholarship recipient at a presentation during the 10th annual BMI Day at Berklee College of Music. BMI composer Mark Mancina, in whose name this year’s scholarship is given; Chris Montan, Walt Disney Music president; Doreen Ringer Ross, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations; Berklee President Roger Brown; and Berklee Film Scoring Chair Dan Carlin presented the scholarship to Zacharias at the event.
The BMI Film Scoring Scholarship is a yearly tuition scholarship awarded on the basis of compositional maturity and talent, as well as financial need. Each year, the scholarship is given in the name of a noted BMI composer. Mancina, this year’s honored composer, and Chris Montan, Walt Disney Music president, co-taught a master class on film scoring as part of the ceremony.
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