Dear Evan Hansen songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will give the keynote speech at this year's ASCAP Experience, scheduled for April 1–3 in Los Angeles. The annual event brings together music creators from around the world for networking, performances, and panels.
The Tony, Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning writing team have a long association with ASCAP, having received the Richard Rodgers New Horizons and Songwriter's Fellowship Awards at the 2011 ASCAP Foundation Awards, and the Vanguard Award at ASCAP's 2019 Screen Music Awards.
The duo's stage musicals include Dear Evan Hansen, Edges, A Christmas Story, Dogfight, and James and the Giant Peach, and they contributed songs to such films as La La Land, The Greatest Showman, and Aladdin.
For more information, visit ASCAPExperience.com.