The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program has awarded $600,000 in grants to
22 recipients across the United States and in Canada. Funds will be
given to help facilitate an extraordinary range of research, archiving
and preservation projects on a variety of subjects. Click here
for a complete list of grant awards and projects. The deadline each
year for submitting grant applications is Oct. 1. Applications for the
2009 cycle will be available at www.grammyfoundation/grants in May 2008.
The GRAMMY Foundation has selected 14 schools nationwide as GRAMMY
Signature Schools for 2008. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature
Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making
an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school
year. Each of the GRAMMY Signature Schools receives a custom award and
a monetary grant to benefit its music program. The top three are
designated Gold recipients. The best of the Gold recipients is
designated the National GRAMMY Signature School. The National GRAMMY
Signature School will receive $10,000, and the two remaining Gold
schools each will receive $5,000. In the Enterprise Award category,
which recognizes efforts made by schools that are economically
underserved, three schools will receive a grant of $5,000 each.
Additionally, through the Gibson Foundation, three schools will each be
awarded grants of $5,000 to benefit their guitar and/or piano programs.
The remaining five GRAMMY Signature Schools recipients will receive a
grant award of $1,000 to benefit their music programs. Click here for a complete list of 2008 Signature School recipients.
Artists House Music has entered into a special partnership with the
GRAMMY Foundation that will make free online educational opportunities
available to musicians worldwide. ArtistsHouseMusic.org — the first
free, comprehensive and interactive online community for musicians and
music business enthusiasts — is a treasure trove of articles, videos,
and expert instruction from current and past leaders of the music
business. The site's conception and development funding comes courtesy
of the Herb Alpert Foundation. The GRAMMY Foundation will provide
Artists House Music with instructional video content from GRAMMY Pro
Sessions. The first release is titled "How To DJ" and features content
from a recent GRAMMY Pro Sessions with DJ Shortee, one of the world's
most prominent female DJs. Visit www.artistshousemusic.org for more information.