{"id":21835,"date":"2026-10-14T11:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmi-completes-second-composer-lab-for-film-and-tv-composers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:21:41","slug":"bmi-completes-second-composer-lab-for-film-and-tv-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmi-completes-second-composer-lab-for-film-and-tv-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"BMI Completes Second Composer Lab for Film and TV Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmi-launches-health-connect-for-us-songwriters-and-composers\/\">BMI<\/a><\/strong> has completed its second annual Composer Lab, providing <strong>eight emerging film and television composers<\/strong> with mentorship and an orchestral recording and mixing session.<\/p>\n<p>Composer <strong>Peter Golub<\/strong>, former director of the Sundance Film Music Program, led the program alongside <strong>Tracy McKnight<\/strong>, BMI\u2019s vice president of film, television and visual media. Mentors included <strong>James Newton Howard<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas Newman<\/strong>, <strong>Harry Gregson-Williams<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Isham<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 class comprised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wesley Amorim<\/li>\n<li>Andreu Diport<\/li>\n<li>Christa Duggan<\/li>\n<li>Yaron Eigenstein<\/li>\n<li>Danahyah Evans<\/li>\n<li>Jason Fujita<\/li>\n<li>Genevi\u00e8ve Gros-Louis<\/li>\n<li>Ana Krstaji\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Industry advisors included <strong>Paul Broucek<\/strong>, president of music at Warner Bros. 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