Grant Program Awards $600,000 In Grants
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.

GRAMMY Foundation Announces 2008 GRAMMY Signature Schools
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, GRAMMY Foundation Partner For Free Online Education
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.