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NEWS+ UPDATES Schools award (Oct.22). Session (Oct.22);andGRAMMYSignature program (Oct.1);GRAMMY Camp—Jazz for theGRAMMYFoundation’s Grants deadlines are asfollows: Letters ofInquiry are streaming in.Upcomingapplication for thenextround ofourmany programs legacy interviewswithartists,applications sessions, houseconcertsandconducting bers are busyhostingGRAMMYCamp GRAMMY Foundation.Whilestaffmem- Summer certainlyisn’t adowntimeforthe Deadlines Upcoming Application MusiCares MAPFund.For thecompany, puttingmusicfirstisagroup interest: about theworkyoudo,”addedSolomon. celebrate thedifferent cultural traditionsthatmakeupAmerica.Beyondourfirm-levelinvolvement,employees are veryexcited Make adonation todayatwww.grammyfoundation.org Signature SchoolsCommunity Award program inChicagobefore expandingtoGRAMMYCampandthe OUTSIDE LE marketing andbrandstrategy youth youth, itwasanaturalfittoalignthemselveswithourefforts.“You are ontheforefront ofconnectingour sponsors, RBCCapitalMarkets.Withastrong philanthropic commitmenttoartsandeducationforlowincome Donors cancomefrom unexpected places,asisthecasewithoneofFoundations’newestcorporate GRAMMY RBC CapitalMarkets GRAMMY CampNashville

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e GRAMMY at RBCCapitalMarkets.ThecompanyfirstlentitssupporttotheGRAMMY a camp hasjustconcludedand theNewYork camprunsfrom Aug.3–11. camps culminatedinastudent-run showcaseevent.TheLosAngeles transformative experienceatthe McNallySmithCollegeofMusic.Both vocal andinstrumentperformance,studentsimmersedthemselves ina Whether itwasaudioengineeringandelectronic musicproduction or weather, didn’t thelearning stopfor31participantsatSt.Paul’s camp. for bass,drums,guitar, andkeyboards. Engineering; Songwriting;Vocal Performance;andPerformancetracks school studentswhofocusedononeoffourmusiccareer tracks:Audio as aresidential program inSt.Paul,Minn.Nashvillewelcomed39high an inauguralnon-residential GRAMMYCampinNashville,Tenn., aswell June featured severalfirstsfortheGRAMMYFoundationaswehosted GRAMMY CampHostsInauguralCamps Jazz Session Camp — GRAMMY recovery treatment regardless oftheirfinancialsituation. which provides membersofthemusiccommunityaccesstoaddiction event andallproceeds wenttobenefittheMusiCares MAPFund, goals oftheorganization. More than$300,000wasraisedfrom this for hisunconditionalfriendshipanddedicationtothemission Greenberg wastherecipient oftheMusiCares commitment tohelpingotherswiththeaddictionrecovery process. Vaughan Award forhissupportoftheMusiCares MAPFundandhis waspresented12 inLosAngeles.Osbourne withtheStevieRay and owner/CEOofTheVillage studiosJeffGreenberg onMay Black Sabbath’s GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriterOzzyOsbourne The 10thanniversaryMusiCares MAPFundbenefitconcerthonored MusiCares MAP

Award are nowopenatwww.grammymusicteacher.com. schools. Nominationsforthe2016MusicEducator broader causeofmaintaining musiceducationinthe education andwhodemonstrateacommitmenttothe a significantandlastingcontributiontothefieldofmusic This award recognizes current educatorswho’vemade initial nominationswere submitted from all50states. be announcedinSeptember. Intotal,more than7,000 from 208citiesacross 41statesandthesemifinalistswill Educator Award. Theseexceptionalmusicteachers hail of the222quarterfinalistsforsecondannualMusic In MaytheGRAMMYFoundationannouncednames Quarterfinalists Music EducatorAward

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ail . an exponentialef aid to others. We hope that you will help propel our programs into thenextstagesby making a contribution today. was touchedbysomeonewhohadbeenhelpedMusiCares. Participatinginthejamwastheirwayofextending and fanscameoutinfullforce totakepartinMartyStuart’s LateNightJambenefitingMusiCares. Everyoneinattendance community, inspired whichinturn more studentstobecomeinvolvedinmusic.InNashville,Tenn., countrymusicartists recipient, Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, Calif., leveraged its grant to gain additional support from the local The GRAMMY recipient KentKnappenberger withLadyAntebellum • Top row (l-r): Voi Power OfMusic c GRAMMY CampSt.PaulOpenMicNight |GRAMMYCamp—BasicTraining atWest Valley High SchoolinFairbanks,Ala.|MusicEducatorAward e s Unleashing The Unleashing The And F Make adonation todayatwww.grammyfoundation.org oundation andMusiCares makealastingimpact.Overthepastyear, ourprograms andservices had President/CEO ofTheRecording Academy, MusiCares andtheGRAMMYFoundationatMusiCares MAPFundBenefit fect throughout thecountry. thisyear’s InCalifornia, NationalGRAMMYSignature Schoolsaward N ew s F r Music Builds Community Music BuildsCommunity o m OUTSIDE RIGHT PANEL (Cover When TheGRAMMYFound Bottom row (l-r):SteveAcciani at |Jeff Greenberg, JoeWalsh KellyOsbourne, OzzyOsbourne, andNeilPortnow, ion ® AndMu s & iC

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GRAMMY Signature School Uses Award To Gain New Funding GRAMMY Winner Hosts Annual Showcase for MusiCares

In March 2014 the GRAMMY Foundation recognized Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, Calif., with the National GRAMMY Marty Stuart, a five-time GRAMMY-winning country music singer/ Signature School award. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that songwriter, has hosted his Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium have made an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. As this year’s winner, Diamond Bar High in Nashville, Tenn., since 2001. A country music throwdown, hillbilly School received a grant of $6,000 for their music education program. Steve Acciani, a 25-year veteran in the school district and the homecoming rave-up, this variety show benefits MusiCares and current director of instrumental music, used this grant to help leverage an additional $100,000 for the school. We spoke with Acciani gives artists of all ages and fame a chance onstage. We recently sat down with Stuart to learn more about this annual event. to learn more about how he made this all possible: MusiCares: You’ve been a longtime supporter of MusiCares; can “ GRAMMY Foundation: How did you come up with you describe why you feel so strongly about MusiCares? the idea for your program, Riding The GRAMMY Marty Stuart: Well, the stories come from our time working together Wave, to leverage your National GRAMMY with MusiCares. One experience is when the flood hit Nashville Signature Schools award for additional funds? in 2010. I cannot think of a greater example of a natural disaster, Steve Acciani: We figured this was a once in a wiping so many people out — whether it’s no rent due to lost gigs, lifetime opportunity to showcase what we’re doing losing instruments, jobs, buildings, or homes. I know for a fact that — I mean the GRAMMYs are something special, MusiCares was at the forefront of providing vital and immediate help something everybody knows about. We wanted to people in our industry who needed assistance. You can’t ask for a to see if we could use this recognition to make an even bigger impact in what we do here. greater example than that. GF: Take us through each of the events or Give Passionately MC: How have you seen MusiCares help those in need? programs you hosted that centered on this award? MS: Everybody thinks that since we sing, have records and are on TV, that everybody has a lot of SA: First we held a “Play-a-Thon” where we sold money. There was an old country music hero of mine who gave and gave during the good years of his $5 sponsorships for each of the kids who then Music moves us. These stories demonstrate how the contributions made by the life. He came off the road, got old and diabetes set in. He lost a leg and that was unthinkable, but he weathered through. He began receiving rehab and then the unimaginable happened: he lost the other performed in a 12-hour long rehearsal; we ended GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares provide the stimulus for individuals to reach out up raising $25,000. During this time we also sold leg. After another round of hell, he finally got home and the first round of prescriptions was $4,500. I advertisements in our programs for all the per­ Diamond Bar High School GRAMMY Signature Schools Presentation into their community to make a greater change through music. You can broaden our impact remember calling MusiCares and, in less than a week, he had his medicine. formances that the students did. We went out to Another thing that happens from time to time is drugs and alcohol take over and that’s a hell that the community and gave them a chance to be associated with the GRAMMY Foundation; this helped bring in an additional by making a meaningful gift using the enclosed envelope or by visiting I understand. It was a part of my life for a long time. Sometimes we get too close to the fire and we $10,000. After that, one of our instructors said, “Hey let’s figure out a way to do a major raffle,” so he went to local car www.grammyfoundation.org or www.musicares.org. don’t know how to get out and we have to go to the side and ask for help. I know so many instances dealerships and got one of them to donate a Toyota Camry in exchange for advertising. We sold 1,000 tickets for $50 each. when MusiCares has been that entity that stepped up and confidentially took care of people and their We made about $40,000 on it (after paying the taxes) and decided on a very specific amount of tickets, so the odds were pretty situations. The bottom line, MusiCares saves lives. good. The stage here isn’t great — in fact, we’re using a lot of the money to help upgrade our stage — so we next asked Mt. San Antonio College to donate their space for the award presentation. We brought in a bunch of our musical groups and sold MC: What inspired you to create the Late Night Jam? tickets for a total of $5,000. For the final event, a community gala, we reached out to local politicians, county supervisors and MS: The great truth of the matter is, CMA Week, which used to be Fan Fair, the first one I was ever a business owners. We sold $1,000 table sponsorships for the gala, which included a sit-down dinner and performance by our part of was in 1973. When the show moved, things changed. At the time when I started my band, the students. The evening brought in $30,000. In each program we held, we tried to reach a specific group: the Play-a-Thon was Fabulous Superlatives, we didn’t have a record deal for a brief period of time which meant we couldn’t more kids helping each other out; the concert was for the parents; the car was — I think that was for all of us desperate for a play the big stage. I thought, “Well, I’ve been a part of this since 1973 and I don’t want to be relegated From top: Marty Stuart’s 13th Annual new car — and for the gala we wanted to get to the high-end side of the community. to a lesser stage because I don’t have a hit at the moment,” so I thought, “We have to go beyond Late Night Jam • Marty Stuart &

this.” So, Tony Conway helped me approach the Ryman Auditorium and we set up the first Late Night Connie Smith GF: So you were able to generate more than $100,000 for your school? What else will you use the funds for? Jam 13 years ago. SA: Yeah, I think the final total when everything was finished ended up being $112,000, and we needed it, too. We’re going to take a portion of that money and try to sponsor a major professional musician and sell tickets to that performance. If we do it MC: To date, through the Late Night Jam, you’ve raised more than $200,000 for MusiCares to right, we can generate more money with the money we brought in. Each year we get about $2,000 from the school district for support our emergency financial assistance and addiction recovery programs. How does that all of our music programs. We’ve previously fundraised for our programs, but this award helped us double what we normally make you feel? raise. We’re looking to get a sound shell put into our stage and improve acoustics in the theater. It’s a really badly-designed MS: It makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing. As entertainers and creative people, we are so stage and our kids are such good performers we want to give their families the opportunity to hear how good they actually are. blessed and we have so many gifts at our disposal and to be able to give a little part of that back is GF: Is there anything else you would like to add? the bottom line. SA: This was an incredible opportunity. This year we have 152 incoming kids for the band and almost 100 incoming kids for I was pumping gas recently and some guy came up and shook my hand — he knew I hosted the the orchestra because of the recognition we were able to get with the National GRAMMY Signature School award. Winning Late Night Jam annually. He said to me, “MusiCares saved my life and I thank you for all you do for the national award has established a new standard for what we’re going to be and now we have kids coming in who are really them.” I replied, “That’s what we do and it’s what we are supposed to do.” So, doesn’t that say it all excited to be involved with the arts. right there? It’s like the old mission — if you’ve helped one soul, it’s been worth the whole journey.

In total, 12 schools nationwide were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools for 2014 and have been awarded cash grants Read our full interview with Marty Stuart at www.musicares.org. totaling $58,500. For a complete list of these recipients, visit: www.grammyintheschools.com. From top (l-r): Members of the West Valley High School Choir in Fairbanks, Ala. | Colbie Caillat at GRAMMY Camp Los Angeles | GRAMMY Camp Nashville Open House

Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org

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GRAMMY Signature School Uses Award To Gain New Funding GRAMMY Winner Hosts Annual Showcase for MusiCares

In March 2014 the GRAMMY Foundation recognized Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, Calif., with the National GRAMMY Marty Stuart, a five-time GRAMMY-winning country music singer/ Signature School award. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that songwriter, has hosted his Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium have made an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. As this year’s winner, Diamond Bar High in Nashville, Tenn., since 2001. A country music throwdown, hillbilly School received a grant of $6,000 for their music education program. Steve Acciani, a 25-year veteran in the school district and the homecoming rave-up, this variety show benefits MusiCares and current director of instrumental music, used this grant to help leverage an additional $100,000 for the school. We spoke with Acciani gives artists of all ages and fame a chance onstage. We recently sat down with Stuart to learn more about this annual event. to learn more about how he made this all possible: MusiCares: You’ve been a longtime supporter of MusiCares; can “ GRAMMY Foundation: How did you come up with you describe why you feel so strongly about MusiCares? the idea for your program, Riding The GRAMMY Marty Stuart: Well, the stories come from our time working together Wave, to leverage your National GRAMMY with MusiCares. One experience is when the flood hit Nashville Signature Schools award for additional funds? in 2010. I cannot think of a greater example of a natural disaster, Steve Acciani: We figured this was a once in a wiping so many people out — whether it’s no rent due to lost gigs, lifetime opportunity to showcase what we’re doing losing instruments, jobs, buildings, or homes. I know for a fact that — I mean the GRAMMYs are something special, MusiCares was at the forefront of providing vital and immediate help something everybody knows about. We wanted to people in our industry who needed assistance. You can’t ask for a to see if we could use this recognition to make an even bigger impact in what we do here. greater example than that. GF: Take us through each of the events or Give Passionately MC: How have you seen MusiCares help those in need? programs you hosted that centered on this award? MS: Everybody thinks that since we sing, have records and are on TV, that everybody has a lot of SA: First we held a “Play-a-Thon” where we sold money. There was an old country music hero of mine who gave and gave during the good years of his $5 sponsorships for each of the kids who then Music moves us. These stories demonstrate how the contributions made by the life. He came off the road, got old and diabetes set in. He lost a leg and that was unthinkable, but he weathered through. He began receiving rehab and then the unimaginable happened: he lost the other performed in a 12-hour long rehearsal; we ended GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares provide the stimulus for individuals to reach out up raising $25,000. During this time we also sold leg. After another round of hell, he finally got home and the first round of prescriptions was $4,500. I advertisements in our programs for all the per­ Diamond Bar High School GRAMMY Signature Schools Presentation into their community to make a greater change through music. You can broaden our impact remember calling MusiCares and, in less than a week, he had his medicine. formances that the students did. We went out to Another thing that happens from time to time is drugs and alcohol take over and that’s a hell that the community and gave them a chance to be associated with the GRAMMY Foundation; this helped bring in an additional by making a meaningful gift using the enclosed envelope or by visiting I understand. It was a part of my life for a long time. Sometimes we get too close to the fire and we $10,000. After that, one of our instructors said, “Hey let’s figure out a way to do a major raffle,” so he went to local car www.grammyfoundation.org or www.musicares.org. don’t know how to get out and we have to go to the side and ask for help. I know so many instances dealerships and got one of them to donate a Toyota Camry in exchange for advertising. We sold 1,000 tickets for $50 each. when MusiCares has been that entity that stepped up and confidentially took care of people and their We made about $40,000 on it (after paying the taxes) and decided on a very specific amount of tickets, so the odds were pretty situations. The bottom line, MusiCares saves lives. good. The stage here isn’t great — in fact, we’re using a lot of the money to help upgrade our stage — so we next asked Mt. San Antonio College to donate their space for the award presentation. We brought in a bunch of our musical groups and sold MC: What inspired you to create the Late Night Jam? tickets for a total of $5,000. For the final event, a community gala, we reached out to local politicians, county supervisors and MS: The great truth of the matter is, CMA Week, which used to be Fan Fair, the first one I was ever a business owners. We sold $1,000 table sponsorships for the gala, which included a sit-down dinner and performance by our part of was in 1973. When the show moved, things changed. At the time when I started my band, the students. The evening brought in $30,000. In each program we held, we tried to reach a specific group: the Play-a-Thon was Fabulous Superlatives, we didn’t have a record deal for a brief period of time which meant we couldn’t more kids helping each other out; the concert was for the parents; the car was — I think that was for all of us desperate for a play the big stage. I thought, “Well, I’ve been a part of this since 1973 and I don’t want to be relegated From top: Marty Stuart’s 13th Annual new car — and for the gala we wanted to get to the high-end side of the community. to a lesser stage because I don’t have a hit at the moment,” so I thought, “We have to go beyond Late Night Jam • Marty Stuart &

this.” So, Tony Conway helped me approach the Ryman Auditorium and we set up the first Late Night Connie Smith GF: So you were able to generate more than $100,000 for your school? What else will you use the funds for? Jam 13 years ago. SA: Yeah, I think the final total when everything was finished ended up being $112,000, and we needed it, too. We’re going to take a portion of that money and try to sponsor a major professional musician and sell tickets to that performance. If we do it MC: To date, through the Late Night Jam, you’ve raised more than $200,000 for MusiCares to right, we can generate more money with the money we brought in. Each year we get about $2,000 from the school district for support our emergency financial assistance and addiction recovery programs. How does that all of our music programs. We’ve previously fundraised for our programs, but this award helped us double what we normally make you feel? raise. We’re looking to get a sound shell put into our stage and improve acoustics in the theater. It’s a really badly-designed MS: It makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing. As entertainers and creative people, we are so stage and our kids are such good performers we want to give their families the opportunity to hear how good they actually are. blessed and we have so many gifts at our disposal and to be able to give a little part of that back is GF: Is there anything else you would like to add? the bottom line. SA: This was an incredible opportunity. This year we have 152 incoming kids for the band and almost 100 incoming kids for I was pumping gas recently and some guy came up and shook my hand — he knew I hosted the the orchestra because of the recognition we were able to get with the National GRAMMY Signature School award. Winning Late Night Jam annually. He said to me, “MusiCares saved my life and I thank you for all you do for the national award has established a new standard for what we’re going to be and now we have kids coming in who are really them.” I replied, “That’s what we do and it’s what we are supposed to do.” So, doesn’t that say it all excited to be involved with the arts. right there? It’s like the old mission — if you’ve helped one soul, it’s been worth the whole journey.

In total, 12 schools nationwide were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools for 2014 and have been awarded cash grants Read our full interview with Marty Stuart at www.musicares.org. totaling $58,500. For a complete list of these recipients, visit: www.grammyintheschools.com. From top (l-r): Members of the West Valley High School Choir in Fairbanks, Ala. | Colbie Caillat at GRAMMY Camp Los Angeles | GRAMMY Camp Nashville Open House

Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org Make a donation today at www.grammyfoundation.org & www.musicares.org

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NEWS+ UPDATES Schools award (Oct.22). Session (Oct.22);andGRAMMYSignature program (Oct.1);GRAMMY Camp—Jazz for theGRAMMYFoundation’s Grants deadlines are asfollows: Letters ofInquiry are streaming in.Upcomingapplication for thenextround ofourmany programs legacy interviewswithartists,applications sessions, houseconcertsandconducting bers are busyhostingGRAMMYCamp GRAMMY Foundation.Whilestaffmem- Summer certainlyisn’t adowntimeforthe Deadlines Upcoming Application MusiCares MAPFund.For thecompany, puttingmusicfirstisagroup interest: about theworkyoudo,”addedSolomon. celebrate thedifferent cultural traditionsthatmakeupAmerica.Beyondourfirm-levelinvolvement,employees are veryexcited Make adonation todayatwww.grammyfoundation.org Signature SchoolsCommunity Award program inChicagobefore expandingtoGRAMMYCampandthe OUTSIDE LE marketing andbrandstrategy youth youth, itwasanaturalfittoalignthemselveswithourefforts.“You are ontheforefront ofconnectingour sponsors, RBCCapitalMarkets.Withastrong philanthropic commitmenttoartsandeducationforlowincome Donors cancomefrom unexpected places,asisthecasewithoneofFoundations’newestcorporate GRAMMY RBC CapitalMarkets GRAMMY CampNashville

with opportunitiesintheartsaswellsupportingemerging artists,”saidSharon Solomon,headofU.S. F F T PANEL oundation AndMusiCares Donor Spotlight: Ozzy Osbourne

e GRAMMY at RBCCapitalMarkets.ThecompanyfirstlentitssupporttotheGRAMMY a camp hasjustconcludedand theNewYork camprunsfrom Aug.3–11. camps culminatedinastudent-run showcaseevent.TheLosAngeles transformative experienceatthe McNallySmithCollegeofMusic.Both vocal andinstrumentperformance,studentsimmersedthemselves ina Whether itwasaudioengineeringandelectronic musicproduction or weather, didn’t thelearning stopfor31participantsatSt.Paul’s camp. for bass,drums,guitar, andkeyboards. Engineering; Songwriting;Vocal Performance;andPerformancetracks school studentswhofocusedononeoffourmusiccareer tracks:Audio as aresidential program inSt.Paul,Minn.Nashvillewelcomed39high an inauguralnon-residential GRAMMYCampinNashville,Tenn., aswell June featured severalfirstsfortheGRAMMYFoundationaswehosted GRAMMY CampHostsInauguralCamps Jazz Session Camp — GRAMMY recovery treatment regardless oftheirfinancialsituation. which provides membersofthemusiccommunityaccesstoaddiction event andallproceeds wenttobenefittheMusiCares MAPFund, goals oftheorganization. More than$300,000wasraisedfrom this for hisunconditionalfriendshipanddedicationtothemission Greenberg wastherecipient oftheMusiCares commitment tohelpingotherswiththeaddictionrecovery process. Vaughan Award forhissupportoftheMusiCares MAPFundandhis waspresented12 inLosAngeles.Osbourne withtheStevieRay and owner/CEOofTheVillage studiosJeffGreenberg onMay Black Sabbath’s GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriterOzzyOsbourne The 10thanniversaryMusiCares MAPFundbenefitconcerthonored MusiCares MAP

Award are nowopenatwww.grammymusicteacher.com. schools. Nominationsforthe2016MusicEducator broader causeofmaintaining musiceducationinthe education andwhodemonstrateacommitmenttothe a significantandlastingcontributiontothefieldofmusic This award recognizes current educatorswho’vemade initial nominationswere submitted from all50states. be announcedinSeptember. Intotal,more than7,000 from 208citiesacross 41statesandthesemifinalistswill Educator Award. Theseexceptionalmusicteachers hail of the222quarterfinalistsforsecondannualMusic In MaytheGRAMMYFoundationannouncednames Quarterfinalists Music EducatorAward

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Santa Monica,CA90404 Phone: 310.392.3777 3030 OlympicBlvd. F ax: 310.392.2188 (l-r): Slash performsattheMusiCares MAPFundBenefit|MembersofMaydayParadeat Vans Warped (l-r): Tour inMesa,Ariz.|MusicEducator Award recipient KentKnappenberger Voi www.facebook.com/grammyintheschools Power OfMusic Make adonation todayatwww.grammyfoundation.org © July2014GRAMMY If younolongerwishtoreceive future mailings,[email protected] . www.youtube.com/grammyfoundation c e s Unleashing The Unleashing The And www.instagram.com/grammyfdn www.twitter.com/grammyfdn N ew F oundation s F r o ® m TheGRAMMYFound at www.instagram.com/musicares www.youtube.com/musicaresfoundation www.twitter.com/musicares www.facebook.com/musicares ion AndMu &

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ail . an exponentialef aid to others. We hope that you will help propel our programs into thenextstagesby making a contribution today. was touchedbysomeonewhohadbeenhelpedMusiCares. Participatinginthejamwastheirwayofextending and fanscameoutinfullforce totakepartinMartyStuart’s LateNightJambenefitingMusiCares. Everyoneinattendance community, inspired whichinturn more studentstobecomeinvolvedinmusic.InNashville,Tenn., countrymusicartists recipient, Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, Calif., leveraged its grant to gain additional support from the local The GRAMMY recipient KentKnappenberger withLadyAntebellum • Top row (l-r): Voi Power OfMusic c GRAMMY CampSt.PaulOpenMicNight |GRAMMYCamp—BasicTraining atWest Valley High SchoolinFairbanks,Ala.|MusicEducatorAward e s Unleashing The Unleashing The And F Make adonation todayatwww.grammyfoundation.org oundation andMusiCares makealastingimpact.Overthepastyear, ourprograms andservices had President/CEO ofTheRecording Academy, MusiCares andtheGRAMMYFoundationatMusiCares MAPFundBenefit fect throughout thecountry. thisyear’s InCalifornia, NationalGRAMMYSignature Schoolsaward N ew s F r Music Builds Community Music BuildsCommunity o m OUTSIDE RIGHT PANEL (Cover When TheGRAMMYFound Bottom row (l-r):SteveAcciani at |Jeff Greenberg, JoeWalsh KellyOsbourne, OzzyOsbourne, andNeilPortnow, ion ® AndMu s & iC

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GRAMMY Signature School Uses Award To Gain New Funding GRAMMY Winner Hosts Annual Showcase for MusiCares

In March 2014 the GRAMMY Foundation recognized Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, Calif., with the National GRAMMY Marty Stuart, a five-time GRAMMY-winning country music singer/ Signature School award. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that songwriter, has hosted his Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium have made an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. As this year’s winner, Diamond Bar High in Nashville, Tenn., since 2001. A country music throwdown, hillbilly School received a grant of $6,000 for their music education program. Steve Acciani, a 25-year veteran in the school district and the homecoming rave-up, this variety show benefits MusiCares and current director of instrumental music, used this grant to help leverage an additional $100,000 for the school. We spoke with Acciani gives artists of all ages and fame a chance onstage. We recently sat down with Stuart to learn more about this annual event. to learn more about how he made this all possible: MusiCares: You’ve been a longtime supporter of MusiCares; can “ GRAMMY Foundation: How did you come up with you describe why you feel so strongly about MusiCares? the idea for your program, Riding The GRAMMY Marty Stuart: Well, the stories come from our time working together Wave, to leverage your National GRAMMY with MusiCares. One experience is when the flood hit Nashville Signature Schools award for additional funds? in 2010. I cannot think of a greater example of a natural disaster, Steve Acciani: We figured this was a once in a wiping so many people out — whether it’s no rent due to lost gigs, lifetime opportunity to showcase what we’re doing losing instruments, jobs, buildings, or homes. I know for a fact that — I mean the GRAMMYs are something special, MusiCares was at the forefront of providing vital and immediate help something everybody knows about. We wanted to people in our industry who needed assistance. You can’t ask for a to see if we could use this recognition to make an even bigger impact in what we do here. greater example than that. GF: Take us through each of the events or Give Passionately MC: How have you seen MusiCares help those in need? programs you hosted that centered on this award? MS: Everybody thinks that since we sing, have records and are on TV, that everybody has a lot of SA: First we held a “Play-a-Thon” where we sold money. There was an old country music hero of mine who gave and gave during the good years of his $5 sponsorships for each of the kids who then Music moves us. These stories demonstrate how the contributions made by the life. He came off the road, got old and diabetes set in. He lost a leg and that was unthinkable, but he weathered through. He began receiving rehab and then the unimaginable happened: he lost the other performed in a 12-hour long rehearsal; we ended GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares provide the stimulus for individuals to reach out up raising $25,000. During this time we also sold leg. After another round of hell, he finally got home and the first round of prescriptions was $4,500. I advertisements in our programs for all the per­ Diamond Bar High School GRAMMY Signature Schools Presentation into their community to make a greater change through music. You can broaden our impact remember calling MusiCares and, in less than a week, he had his medicine. formances that the students did. We went out to Another thing that happens from time to time is drugs and alcohol take over and that’s a hell that the community and gave them a chance to be associated with the GRAMMY Foundation; this helped bring in an additional by making a meaningful gift using the enclosed envelope or by visiting I understand. It was a part of my life for a long time. Sometimes we get too close to the fire and we $10,000. After that, one of our instructors said, “Hey let’s figure out a way to do a major raffle,” so he went to local car www.grammyfoundation.org or www.musicares.org. don’t know how to get out and we have to go to the side and ask for help. I know so many instances dealerships and got one of them to donate a Toyota Camry in exchange for advertising. We sold 1,000 tickets for $50 each. when MusiCares has been that entity that stepped up and confidentially took care of people and their We made about $40,000 on it (after paying the taxes) and decided on a very specific amount of tickets, so the odds were pretty situations. The bottom line, MusiCares saves lives. good. The stage here isn’t great — in fact, we’re using a lot of the money to help upgrade our stage — so we next asked Mt. San Antonio College to donate their space for the award presentation. We brought in a bunch of our musical groups and sold MC: What inspired you to create the Late Night Jam? tickets for a total of $5,000. For the final event, a community gala, we reached out to local politicians, county supervisors and MS: The great truth of the matter is, CMA Week, which used to be Fan Fair, the first one I was ever a business owners. We sold $1,000 table sponsorships for the gala, which included a sit-down dinner and performance by our part of was in 1973. When the show moved, things changed. At the time when I started my band, the students. The evening brought in $30,000. In each program we held, we tried to reach a specific group: the Play-a-Thon was Fabulous Superlatives, we didn’t have a record deal for a brief period of time which meant we couldn’t more kids helping each other out; the concert was for the parents; the car was — I think that was for all of us desperate for a play the big stage. I thought, “Well, I’ve been a part of this since 1973 and I don’t want to be relegated From top: Marty Stuart’s 13th Annual new car — and for the gala we wanted to get to the high-end side of the community. to a lesser stage because I don’t have a hit at the moment,” so I thought, “We have to go beyond Late Night Jam • Marty Stuart &

this.” So, Tony Conway helped me approach the Ryman Auditorium and we set up the first Late Night Connie Smith GF: So you were able to generate more than $100,000 for your school? What else will you use the funds for? Jam 13 years ago. SA: Yeah, I think the final total when everything was finished ended up being $112,000, and we needed it, too. We’re going to take a portion of that money and try to sponsor a major professional musician and sell tickets to that performance. If we do it MC: To date, through the Late Night Jam, you’ve raised more than $200,000 for MusiCares to right, we can generate more money with the money we brought in. Each year we get about $2,000 from the school district for support our emergency financial assistance and addiction recovery programs. How does that all of our music programs. We’ve previously fundraised for our programs, but this award helped us double what we normally make you feel? raise. We’re looking to get a sound shell put into our stage and improve acoustics in the theater. It’s a really badly-designed MS: It makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing. As entertainers and creative people, we are so stage and our kids are such good performers we want to give their families the opportunity to hear how good they actually are. blessed and we have so many gifts at our disposal and to be able to give a little part of that back is GF: Is there anything else you would like to add? the bottom line. SA: This was an incredible opportunity. This year we have 152 incoming kids for the band and almost 100 incoming kids for I was pumping gas recently and some guy came up and shook my hand — he knew I hosted the the orchestra because of the recognition we were able to get with the National GRAMMY Signature School award. Winning Late Night Jam annually. He said to me, “MusiCares saved my life and I thank you for all you do for the national award has established a new standard for what we’re going to be and now we have kids coming in who are really them.” I replied, “That’s what we do and it’s what we are supposed to do.” So, doesn’t that say it all excited to be involved with the arts. right there? It’s like the old mission — if you’ve helped one soul, it’s been worth the whole journey.

In total, 12 schools nationwide were selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools for 2014 and have been awarded cash grants Read our full interview with Marty Stuart at www.musicares.org. totaling $58,500. For a complete list of these recipients, visit: www.grammyintheschools.com. From top (l-r): Members of the West Valley High School Choir in Fairbanks, Ala. | Colbie Caillat at GRAMMY Camp Los Angeles | GRAMMY Camp Nashville Open House

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