Music and Musicians

Doreen Ringer Ross

Doreen Ringer Ross is the VP Film/TV for BMI in Los Angeles, California. Ringer Ross oversees all activity serving film and television composers. Prior to BMI, she held artist development positions at A&M Records, ABC Records and MCA Records, and also worked in television production as a producer for a wide array of television programs.

Ringer Ross has established many programs including the Sundance Institute’s Composer’s Lab and the BMI Film/TV Composers Conducting Workshop. She oversees BMI’s film scoring scholarships at USC, UCLA, and Berklee College of Music, and sponsorship involvement with the Sundance Film Festival, the IFP Rough Cut Lab and the IFP Film Conference, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the SXSW Film & Interactive Festival, the Don’t Knock The Rock Film and Music Festival, and the Woodstock Film Festival.

Ringer Ross serves as Vice Chair of the Board, Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation; Peabody Awards Board member, Music Advisory Board member at UCLA; Business Advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation; Advisory Board of the American Youth Symphony; the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences; GRAMMY Museum Education Advisory Committee; Advisory Board for the IFP Rough Cut Lab; board member of The World Soundtrack Academy, board member of the Don’t Knock The Rock Film and Music Festival; Advisory Board for The Hollywood Film Festival, member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; the Society of Composers and Lyricists; Film Independent, the California Copyright Conference; the National Academy of Songwriters; Women In Film; and AFI.