AFTER SCHOOL SESSIONS: MUSIC CREATORS JOIN FORCES WITH
ASCAP AND AMERICA SCORES TO TEACH KIDS THE ART AND
CRAFT OF SONGWRITING, FILMMAKING AND FILM SCORING

Publishers) and America SCORES have teamed up for a fourth year to present its national
songwriting mentorship program, ASCAP Songwriter Residency @ America SCORES. The
program was established in 2006 to create a collaboration between songwriters and students
utilizing songwriting and music as another engaging and inspiring way for kids to express
themselves. This year's program will feature a diverse group of music creators and an
animation filmmaker who will visit schools in three cities across the country: Atlanta, Los
Angeles and St. Louis.

As part of the program, ASCAP selects its talented members from a variety of musical genres to
teach songwriting workshops during America SCORES after-school poetry classes. By the end
of three sessions, the ASCAP member will have co-written and recorded a song with the
SCORES kids. The kids also learn about the importance of labeling their own creative work
with the copyright symbol, year and their name just as they would see on any published,
professional creative work. The ASCAP Foundation, a public charity dedicated to supporting
music education and talent development programs, funds the program.

To further support this unique program, ASCAP produces a special compilation CD of the songs
created, which is distributed to each of the schools involved, as well as to music industry
decision makers.

St. Louis, MO:
Who: Grammy Award-winning producer Alonzo "Zo" Lee, Jr.
When: October 26 & 28 and November 2, 2009
Where: Nance Elementary School, 8959 Riverview Blvd., St Louis, MO 63147 and Shock City

Los Angeles, CA:
Who:Com poser Shawn K. Clement and animation filmmaker Roger Blonder
When: October 26 & 28 and November 2, 2009
Where: Palms Middle School, 10860 Woodbine St., Los Angeles, CA 90034

work with a group of 20 students, ages 11-13, from Palms Middle School to create a short
experimental film based on their own original poem. The students will work with the educators
from America SCORES to write a group poem which captures the essence of their personal life
experience. Blonder will then work with the students to envision, animate and record the digital
imagery that will be assembled into a poetry-based experimental film. Clement will work with
the team to develop sound designs and will create three different film scores for the film to
illustrate to the kids how different music brings out the different emotions of the final film.

Atlanta, GA:
Who: Grammy Award-winning songwriter and recording artist Johnt\u00e1 Austin
When: November 5, 10 & 12, 2009
Where: Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, 605 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Atlanta,

collaborate with a group of 16 boys, ages 8-11. The classroom sessions will take place on November 5 and 10 at Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, followed by a recording session at PatchWerk Recording Studios on November 12, 2009.

Atlanta, GA:
Who: Chart-topping songwriter Cri$tyle "The Ink" Johnson
When: November 12, 17 & 19, 2009
Where: Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, 605 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Atlanta,

During the first three years of the program, songwriting workshops have taken place at schools
in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, San Francisco and
Washington, DC, featuring Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Adonis Shropshire
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