I chose three letters of permission that i felt would be helpful in my field of audio production. They go over how to compose the letter, and ask for samples, pieces, choruses, to use in your project.
Here are the three that i chose.
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1)
Sample Letter to Receive Permission to Use Music
for Senior Choreography Project
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a senior student at Booker T. Washington
High School for the Performing & Visual Arts in Dallas, TX and one of my
graduation requirements is a final senior project. I have chosen a
choreographic project and am very interested in using (Name of Music)
by (Composer) 
. One of my requirements is to
secure permission to use the music so that I may learn the proper procedure to
secure permission to use a copyrighted piece of music. It is an educational
project in a public performing arts high school and the performance is free to
the public and the school is not making any profit.
My senior choreography project is about
and I believe that your music will help me
portray this idea through movement. You will receive credits in the program
with the title of the work, composer,
recording company (if required), and the album.
You may send written permission via e‐mail to:
(Name of Student) and (Student Email Address). Thank you so much in advance for
your time and careful consideration.
Sincerely,
(Name of
Student)
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts,
Dallas, TX
2)
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[Place on your
school’s letterhead, if available]
[Name of Movie
Company]
[Street
Address]
[Address]
Re: [Name
of Middle School] Multimedia Yearbook
Dear Sir or Madam:
We are putting together a DVD-ROM multimedia yearbook for
our school, [name of school].
We understand that you are the owner of the copyright in the
musical composition “[name of song]”
and want to include the song in the yearbook.
We want to use [the entire song]
or [# of minutes of the song] in the
yearbook as [state use, for example, as
background to video clips of the class during the school year].
Since we are on a limited budget and distribution of the
yearbook will be only to students and the administration of our school, we are
hoping that you will allow us this use without any charge. If this is not possible, please let us know
what fee would be required for this use.
Your signature below, under “confirmed by,” will indicate
that you will agree to permit this use without payment of a fee. Please let us know if you have any questions
concerning this license. Also would you
please let us know as soon as possible if this song cannot be licensed so that
artistic changes may be made in the songs to be included in the
production. You can reach us in care of [name of teacher advisor], [name of school],[address of school], [telephone
number of yearbook or school office], [e-mail
address of teacher advisor or yearbook committee].
Thank you for your help with this matter and we look forward
to hearing from you.
Very truly yours,
[Name of
Student]
[Name of
Teacher Advisor]
Confirmed by:
LICENSOR
_________________________
[Name of the
Music Publisher]
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3)
[Name
of Movie Company]
[Street
Address]
[Address]
Re: [Name of
Middle School] Multimedia Yearbook
Dear Sir
or Madam:
We are
putting together a DVD-ROM multimedia yearbook for our school, [name of
school].
We
understand that you are the owner of the copyright in the musical composition “[name
of song]” and want to include the song in the yearbook. We want to
use [the entire song] or [# of minutes of the song] in the
yearbook as [state use, for example, as background to video clips of the
class during the school year].
Since we
are on a limited budget and distribution of the yearbook will be only to
students and the administration of our school, we are hoping that you will
allow us this use without any charge. If this is not possible, please let
us know what fee would be required for this use.
Your
signature below, under “confirmed by,” will indicate that you will agree to
permit this use without payment of a fee. Please let us know if you have
any questions concerning this license. Also would you please let us know
as soon as possible if this song cannot be licensed so that artistic changes
may be made in the songs to be included in the production. You can reach
us in care of [name of teacher advisor], [name of school],[address
of school], [telephone number of yearbook or school office], [e-mail
address of teacher advisor or yearbook committee].
Thank you
for your help with this matter and we look forward to hearing from you.
Very
truly yours,
[Name
of Student]
[Name
of Teacher Advisor]
Confirmed
by:
LICENSOR
_________________________
[Name of
the Music Publisher]
