NMPA Hosts L.A. Golf Tournament To Support Songwriters

NMPA S.O.N.G.S. Foundation

The NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION S.O.N.G.S. (SUPPORTING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF SONGWRITERS) FOUNDATION hosted its first-annual LOS ANGELES golf tournament to raise money for songwriters and composition education programs.

Songwriters who played to support their fellow creators included NIALL HORAN, PHILLIP PHILLIPS, ED ROLAND, JOE KING, MIKE POST, ADAM ANDERS, DALLASK, ROSS GOLAN, MICHAEL BALARDI, DAVE MERENDA, JAMIE JONES, P.J. BLOOM, JEFF RUSSO, GABE SAPORTA, BEN MARGULIES, TOM KELLY, DAVE BASSETT and JULIAN BUNETTA, combining for seven GRAMMYs and 42 chart-topping hits. 
 
The golfers joined music industry executives and FOUNDATION supporters including IRVING AZOFF, RICK KRIM, JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, ALISON SMITH, MICHAEL CLOSTER, CHIP McLEAN and JODY KLEIN, among others. 

The NMPA S.O.N.G.S. FOUNDATION recently established the first-ever songwriter endowment at MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, a songwriting endowment at BELMONT UNIVERSITY and the first-ever songwriting specific scholarship at the L.A. COLLEGE OF MUSIC. The FOUNDATION also recently awarded the national winners of the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS high school songwriting competition. In addition to this weeks’ L.A. tournament, the FOUNDATION also hosts an annual charity golf tournament in WASHINGTON, D.C. each fall.
 
Sponsors of the L.A. event included ABKCO, SONY/ATV, BMI, EMI, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT, GMR, VANACORE MUSIC, SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, DISNEY MUSIC PUBLISGHING, ADREV, WARNER/CHAPPELL, BIG DEAL MUSIC, MICK MANAGEMENT, and LOEB & LOEB. 

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