ASCAP Board Adds Batiste, Farber
• Composers Jon Batiste and Sharon Farber have been newly elected to the Board of Directors of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the only U.S. performing rights organization created and governed by its writer and publisher members with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership every two years.
Batiste, the well known musician and screen composer, and bandleader and music director of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Ms. Farber, an acclaimed film, TV and concert music composer will each serve a two-year term beginning April 1, 2021. The announcement was made by Paul Williams, ASCAP President & Chairman of the Board, who said, “We welcome Jon Batiste and Sharon Farber to the ASCAP Board, both elected by their peers to represent them. It is both a privilege and a great responsibility to serve on the ASCAP Board and I know I speak for the entire Board when I say that we welcome Jon’s and Sharon’s insights and expertise. We appreciate their willingness to serve and to do the serious work of the Board in guiding ASCAP and protecting our members.”
In addition to Paul Williams, the writer members who were re-elected in the at-large field are: Writer Vice Chair composer Dan Foliart; composer Richard Bellis; composer Bruce Broughton; songwriter/producer Desmond Child; songwriter/composer Michelle Lewis; composer/producer Marcus Miller; songwriter Jimmy Webb; and composer Doug Wood. Composer Alex Shapiro was re-elected in the Symphonic and Concert field.
The publisher directors re-elected in the at-large field are: Publisher Vice Chair Irwin Z. Robinson, Cromwell Music, Inc.; Caroline Bienstock, Bienstock Publishing Co.; Peter Brodsky, Sony Music Publishing; Barry Coburn, Ten Ten Music Group; Keith Hauprich, BMG US; Laurent Hubert, Kobalt; Dean Kay, Lichelle Music Company; Evan Lamberg, Universal Music Publishing Group; Leeds Levy, Leeds Music; Carianne Marshall, Warner Chappell Music; and Mary Megan Peer, peermusic. James M. Kendrick of European American Music was re-elected in the Symphonic and Concert field.
