ASCAP’s Master Class Songwriter Development Series Goes Virtual

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Pictured: top row (left) ASCAP’s Lexi Miller, (center) Big Yellow Dog’s Lauren Funk, (right) ASCAP’s Holly Chester, second row (left) ASCAP’s Kele Currier with the July ASCAP Master Class participants

ASCAP reinstated its long-running songwriter development series, ASCAP Master Class, virtually in July, featuring hit songwriter Chris DeStefano and Big Yellow Dog Senior Creative Director Lauren Funk.

ASCAP’s Master Class provides a small group of promising new songwriters the opportunity to hear firsthand from a hit writer and receive song feedback from a publisher. The series is designed to equip songwriters with the knowledge to help hone their craft and expand their writing network.

Pictured: top row (far left) ASCAP’s Lexi Miller, (second from left) Chris DeStefano, (far right) ASCAP’s Holly Chester, second row (far right) ASCAP’s Kele Currier, bottom row (far right) ASCAP’s Mike Sistad with the July ASCAP Master Class participants

Earlier in 2020, before quarantine lockdowns, hit songwriter Kyle Jacobs, songwriter, publisher, and producer Frank Rogers, Downtown Music Publishing Senior Creative Director Matt Turner, and Big Yellow Dog Creative Director Jacee Badeaux shared their expertise with the classes. Curated and hosted by ASCAP Assistant Vice President Kele Currier and Membership Manager Holly Chester, the Master Class series was hosted throughout 2019 at ASCAP’s Nashville offices.

Pictured: (far left) ASCAP’s Holly Chester, (second from right) Big Yellow Dog’s Jacee Badeaux and (far right) Kyle Jacobs with the March ASCAP Master Class participants

Pictured: (far left) Frank Rogers, (second from left) ASCAP’s Holly Chester, (third from left) Downtown Music Publishing’s Matt Turner, and (second from right) ASCAP’s Kele Currier with the February ASCAP Master Class participants

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