BMOP award...

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project has scored second place for this year's ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. The awards are given to orchestras that "challenge the audience, build the repertoire, and increase interest in music of our time." In the big orchestra category - $14.1 million budgets and higher - the first place winner was the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under music director David Robertson followed by the San Francisco Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas) and Minnesota Orchestra (Osmo Vanska). BMOP and music director Gil Rose finished behind the American Composers Orchestra in the $470,000 to $1.8 Million category.