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The GRAMMY Foundation will honor Sir George Martin, a GRAMMY Trustees Award recipient, six-time GRAMMY Award
winner and one of music's most successful and influential producers, at its annual signature gala Starry Night
on July 12 at the University of Southern California. Martin will be the recipient of the Foundation's Leadership
Award, which salutes noteworthy humanitarians whose charitable work and contributions align with the mission of
the Foundation. This prestigious award is being presented to Martin in recognition of a lifetime of commitment
and dedication to social, cultural, economic and educational issues spanning the globe. The annual concert and
dinner benefit raises funds for the GRAMMY Foundation, which helps preserve our nation's musical heritage and
provides programs that foster future generations of music professionals. To purchase tables or tickets to the
event, contact Dana Tomarken at 310.392.3777, e-mail
dana@grammy.com or click
here to
download an order form.
GRAMMY Camp is a two-week residential summer camp for high school students with a focus on the music industry. Taught by top music professionals from multiple disciplines, GRAMMY Camp provides an immersive experience in various music industry careers. For more information, visit www.grammyintheschools.com.
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.
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CD Pulse.com and Black Mountain Productions Inc. recently announced that they will generously contribute a percentage of proceeds from their programs and services throughout the year to benefit the education and preservation programs of the GRAMMY Foundation. Every artist who joins CD Pulse.com and every artist who signs with Black Mountain Productions Inc. will become a benefactor as well. Visit CD Pulse.com or Black Mountain Productions Inc. for more information.
Throughout the year, the GRAMMY Foundation presents GRAMMY SoundChecks with a wide range of artists on tour in cities across the country. GRAMMY SoundChecks provide young people with a glimpse into the realities of music careers by inviting them to attend rehearsals and concert sound checks of major artists. GRAMMY SoundChecks have featured a host of artists, including Babyface, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Coldplay, the Dave Matthews Band, Destiny's Child, Macy Gray, Billy Joel, Jack Johnson, Juanes, John Mayer, No Doubt, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, U2 and Kanye West. Visit our events page for information on upcoming SoundChecks.
 The Celebrity Vault, preeminent purveyors of celebrity fine art, is now open in Beverly Hills, featuring artwork by: Malcolm Farley, Danny Clinch, Gered Mankowitz, Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Freeman, Elliott Landy, Robert Knight and Richard Aaron with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the GRAMMY Foundation and the MusiCares Foundation. Please visit www.thecelebrityvault.com for more information.
The GRAMMY Foundation hosted "Sounds Of Change," the 10th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Music Preservation Project, at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on the evening of Feb. 6. "Sounds Of Change" celebrated music's influence on social change over the last 50 years and featured screenings of  footage from key cultural movements that shaped our lives. Performers included GRAMMY nominee Natasha Bedingfield, DJ Hapa, GRAMMY-winning legends John Fogerty and Jerry Lee Lewis, and GRAMMY nominees Chrisette Michele, Ryan Shaw and Musiq Soulchild. The program was sponsored by AARP, who are also celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2008.
The GRAMMY Foundation selected 30 talented high school students from across North America for positions in the 2008 Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles. Their selection launched them into the spotlight surrounding the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards, and provided them with unparalleled opportunities to perform in front of some of music's biggest names. Since 2003, Gibson Guitar and Baldwin Piano have partnered with the GRAMMY Foundation to provide students with this extraordinary musical experience. The students, who represent 26 cities and 14 states, traveled to Los Angeles for a weeklong musical adventure during GRAMMY Week.
The GRAMMY Foundation announced the schedule for its 2008 GRAMMY Career Day events, a national program presented by the Gibson Foundation under the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools banner that brings top music industry professionals together with high school students to present an insider's perspective on working in the music and recording industries. This extraordinary program, now in its 21st year, kicked off on Nov. 13 in Nashville, Tenn., and it continues throughout the school year with events in 12 cities across the United States. Visit our events page for information on upcoming GRAMMY Career Day events. On Feb. 7, The Recording Academy Los Angeles hosted the national GRAMMY Career Day at the University of Southern California.
A new partnership has been formed by the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares with the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Starkey Hearing Foundation's team joined us for the national GRAMMY Career Day on Feb. 7 at the University of Southern California. They donated approximately 300 hearing instruments (with a retail value of more than $900,000) to approximately 150 Los Angeles area children experiencing hearing loss. Starkey will also support MusiCares by providing hearing tests, screenings and information at health fairs and clinics around the country.
The GRAMMY Foundation's 10th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation was held on Feb. 8 at the Beverly Hills Hotel with AEG President & CEO Timothy J. Leiweke as keynote speaker. GRAMMY winner and special guest Neil Diamond took the stage to present legendary entertainment attorney David A. Braun with the Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award, an honor awarded to an attorney who has demonstrated a commitment to advancing and supporting the music community through service. For a complete list of scholarship winners and information on their papers, click here.
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