>From todays New York Times: Chen Yi, a prolific composer who was born in China and became an American citizen last year, was named the second winner of the Charles Ives Living, a $225,000 prize awarded every three years by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the academy announced yesterday. Composers cannot apply for the Ives Living. Ms. Chen, 47, was selected by a committee that included the composers Ezra Laderman, Gunther Schuller, Francis Thorne, Joan Tower and Olly Wilson. They made their choice based on Ms. Chen's large body of work, in which Chinese and Western influences and instrumentation mingle freely and colorfully. Stirling Newberry