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To honor Steve Kaplan and his commitment to music and education, the Kaplan Family has established The Steve Kaplan TV & Film Studies Scholarship at The ASCAP Foundation. This scholarship will be presented annually to an aspiring television and film composer to enable him/her to attend The ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles. Highly respected as a composer, performer and producer, Steve Kaplan's talents and credits span 25 years, and encompass multiple musical genres. As an award-winning composer, Steve contributed songs and musical scores to many popular television shows and films. He received four ASCAP Film and Television Awards for his music and themes on the syndicated game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. As much as he loved making music, Steve's true passion was flying. He was an accomplished pilot who flew at every opportunity, and his last hour was filled doing what he loved most. Last December, Steve lost his life while flying to Rancho Cucamonga to a jazz band rehearsal of his last work, "Maniac Mike." He is survived by his wife Shelby Daniel and many family members. The inaugural ASCAP Foundation Steve Kaplan TV and Film Studies Scholarship was presented to Ted Masur at the 16th Annual ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles that concluded on July 29, 2004. The award was presented to Ted by Richard Bellis composer and workshop presenter and Shelby Daniel, ASCAP writer/vocalist and widow of Steve Kaplan. Ted earned a B.A. from Yale University, a M.M. from Indiana University and was selected for this scholarship based on excellence and professionalism, musical ability and career potential.
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The 2004 ASCAP Foundation Steve Kaplan TV and Film Studies Scholarship presented to Ted Masur. Pictured from (l to r) ASCAP's Kevin Coogan, Richard Bellis, Ted Masur, Shelby Daniel and ASCAP's Mike Todd. |
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