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Community Services Report 2009 Community Services Report 2009 Music is a gift whose value is magnified most in the giving. Musicians share their talents with us, and in passing them on create something larger that brings people together in a way nothing else has the power to do. In 1989, The Recording Academy® established the GRAMMY Foundation® to sustain music and its makers — past, present and future — as a force in all of our lives. The GRAMMY Foundation influences the lives of young people by opening the windows of opportunity that music can provide for their futures. We also lead the efforts to ensure that the contributions made by our musical icons live on in our cultural heritage. MISSION The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus and their the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the signed guitar that was sold at a GRAMMY contribution of recorded music to American culture — from Charity Online Auctions. the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS Under the banner of GRAMMY in the Schools®, the GRAMMY Foundation produces and supports music education programs for high schools students across the country throughout the year. The GRAMMY Foundation’s Web site — www. grammyintheschools.com — provides comprehensive information about careers in the music industry and applications for GRAMMY in the Schools programs. GRAMMY® Career Day is held on university campuses across the country throughout the year. It provides students with insight into careers in music through daylong conferences offering workshops with artists and industry professionals. 2009 GRAMMY® Career Day Nashville | Nashville School of the Arts Atlanta | North Atlanta High School Center for the Arts Miami | University of Miami Frost School of Music Houston | University of Houston San Francisco | San Francisco State University Seattle | Seattle Center Los Angeles | USC Thornton School of Music A student gets to perform during a Turntablism 2 Memphis | Overton High School Workshop at GRAMMY Career Day at University of the Washington, D.C. | University of the District of Columbia Arts – Gershman Hall in Philadelphia. Philadelphia | University of the Arts Phoenix | Maryvale High School Auditorium & Central High Chicago | Columbia College Detroit | Detroit School of the Arts New York | Pace University The 2009 GRAMMY® Career Day season represents the program’s 21st year. With the support of the Ford Motor Company Fund, we were able to offer the GRAMMY Career Day experience to more than 400 additional students. More than 208,540 students impacted by GRAMMY Career Day since 1988. grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com 2009 GRAMMY SOUNDCHECKS® GRAMMY SoundChecks® allow students to attend professional soundchecks of a broad range of emerging and established touring artists, along with technical and industry professionals, and give young people perspectives on music careers through conversations about the specifics of their jobs and the necessary tools and education equiredr for success. In 2009 the Foundation held 72 GRAMMY SoundChecks in more than 20 cities. The GRAMMY Foundation would like to thank the following artists for their participation in the GRAMMY SoundChecks program. 311 Ben Harper 3 Doors Down Matt Hires ACL Behind the Jack’s Mannequin scenes Jonas Brothers Adele Kindred The Family All Time Low Soul Anarbor Lady Antebellum Sara Bareilles John Legend Dave Barnes Leona Lewis Blind Boys of Ludo Alabama John Mayer Blue Note Jesse McCartney Anniversary Tour Jason Mraz 3 Chris Botti Musiq Soulchild Marc Broussard My Morning Jacket Chick Corea Paolo Nutini Kevin Costner OneRepublic Sheryl Crow Karina Pasian The Decemberists Katy Perry Gavin DeGraw Radiohead Jason Mozersky, Jordan Richardson , Jesse Ingalls and Ben Harper of Relentless7 at Duffy Andre Rieu a GRAMMY SoundChecks in San Francisco. Estelle Raphael Saadiq Flight Of The Shinedown Concords Jordin Sparks Ben Folds Jasmine Sullivan Gnarls Barkley Bernie Williams Gym Class Heroes Rachel Yamagata Anthony Hamilton Yanni grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com 2009 GRAMMY SIGNATURE SCHOOLS 2009 GRAMMY Signature Schools Just as the GRAMMY Award recognizes excellence in recording, the GRAMMY National GRAMMY Signature School ($10,000) Signature Schools program, presented by the Gibson Foundation with support Martin High School | Arlington, Texas from the Ford Motor Company Fund, honors top public high school music programs with cash grants. The Foundation established the Enterprise Award in 2004 for needs-based applicants in underserved communities. Understanding GRAMMY Signature Schools Gold ($5,000 each) that many schools are underserved and struggle to maintain a quality program Las Vegas International Academy — particularly in rural and urban areas — the Foundation continued to refocus of Performing & Visual Arts | Las Vegas the program with primary emphasis on the needs-based GRAMMY Signature Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, Ill. Schools Enterprise Award. This year, we doubled the number of Enterprise Award winners to six and gave them grants of $5,000 each. Since the program’s GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award ($5,000 each) inception, 662 public high schools were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools Detroit School of the Arts | Detroit and awarded $852,000 in grants. In 2009, 14 public high schools representing Mesa Ridge High School | Colorado Springs, Col. 13 cities and 10 states were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools. GRAMMY | Signature Schools is approved by the National Association of Secondary School Miami Coral Park Senior High School Miami Principals and MENC: The National Association for Music Education. In an effort to North High School | Phoenix expand the program’s effectiveness and increase the overall quality of applications Pacific High School | Pacific, Mo. the GRAMMY Foundation developed and launched a grant writing workshop in Rochester City School of the Arts | Rochester, N.Y. three markets. GRAMMY Signature Schools ($1,000 each) Charles A. Sprague High School | Salem, Ore. 4 Cinco Ranch High School | Katy, Texas Diamond Bar High Schoo | Diamond Bar, Calif. Evanston Township High School | Evanston, Ill. Linn-Mar High School | Marion, Iowa Katie Ashman, Vincent Camuglia, Alexandra Luttrell-Freeman, Patrick Bowen, Andre Long, Paige Meriweather, Jorge Machain, and Laura Herlovich pose for photos during a GRAMMY Signature Schools presentation at Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas. grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com • grammyfoundation.com GRAMMY JAZZ ENSEMBLES 2009 GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles Selectees The GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles program selects top high school instrumentalists and singers and brings them to the host city of the GRAMMY Awards for a once-in-a-lifetime experience where they rehearse, perform and record GRAMMY Jazz Choir together — often with GRAMMY Award-winning guest artists — at a series of high profile GRAMMY Week events. | Pittsburgh, Pa. The program, in its 17th year, selected 30 high school singers and instrumentalists representing 23 cities and McKenna Whisler In addition, nearly $2 million in scholarships is offered to many ensemble members by Berklee College Olivia Harris | Dallas 13 states. | Renton, Wash. of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and USC Thornton School Amanda Kunz Jazzmeia Horn | Dallas of Music. In 2009, our efforts to have a greater impact in large urban markets continued to be paramount in our Taylor Daniel | Germantown, Tenn. outreach efforts. We partnered with the Beyond The Bell branch of the Los Angeles Unified School District to pilot Andre Brown | Pittsburgh, Pa. a vocal audition workshop. Singers attended the workshop, where they received basic instruction in healthy vocal Michael Mayo | Van Nuys, Calif. technique, learned about the connection of jazz to other popular genres, and were coached on general audition Ben Lusher | Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. techniques. Lastly, they were taught the two songs that are required for the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles audition. After practicing for a week, 22 of the youngsters came back the following Saturday to audition for the GRAMMY GRAMMY Jazz Combo Jazz Ensembles. Students who auditioned for the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles received artistic feedback to assist Noah Kellman | Fayetteville, N.Y. them in improving their performing and audition technique. Kate Davis | West Linn, Ore. Armand Hirsch | New York This program is supported in part by with additional resources provided by Capitol Recording Studios (EMI Music Alex Nash | San Francisco Group), the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Guitar Center Hollywood, Shure, SmartMusic, Spaghettini Italian Grill & Jazz Club, and Zildjian. GRAMMY Jazz Band “Thanks so much for everything Braxton Cook | Silver Spring, Md. during GRAMMY week. It was one Aaron Johnson | Portland, Ore. 5 Sam Crowe | Denver of the best musical experiences I’ve Matt Knoegel | Southington, Conn. ever had. Not to mention it had an Leonardo
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