The ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award is an annual award presented by the

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

, in recognition of achievement by the best new

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

s of musical theater. The award was established in 1996, by Mary Rodgers in honor of her late father

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

. Winners have included Eric Whitacre, Andrew Lippa, and James McBride.

Award recipients

External links

Official list of award-winners
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