The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum's Music Educator Award

The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum's Music Educator Award

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2021 Music Educator Award Quarterfinalists Announced

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216 music teachers from 199 cities have been selected from nearly 2,000 initial nominations for the annual honor presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum, with support from Ford Motor Company Fund
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Jun 9, 2020 - 10:57 am

The nation's top music teachers woke up to exciting news this morning as the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum have announced this year's quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award. A total of 216 music teachers from 199 cities have been announced as quarterfinalists for the presitgious honor and now find themselves in the running to recieve cash honorariums, with generous support and resources provided by the Ford Motor Company Fund. 

Read the full list of 2021 Music Educator Award quarterfinalists

The award was established to recognize current educators - kindergarten through college, public and private schools - who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. In addition to our quarterfinalists, 91 legacy applicants from 2020 will also be eligible to win the award this year.

The recipient will be recognized during GRAMMY Week 2021. Last year's recipient was Mickey Smith Jr of Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, Louisiana.

Mickey Smith Jr. 2020 GRAMMYs Red Carpet

The eighth annual honoree will be selected from 10 finalists and flown to Los Angeles to attend the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards and a range of GRAMMY Week events. The nine additional finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and the schools of all 10 finalists will receive matching grants. Fifteen semifinalists will receive a $500 honorarium with matching school grants. The matching grants provided to the schools are made possible by the generosity and support of the GRAMMY Museum’s Education Champion Ford Motor Company Fund. 

The next step for this outstanding group of music educators is to await the semifinalist annoucement in September. The award is open to current U.S. music teachers, and anyone can nominate a teacher—students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans, and administrators. Teachers are also able to nominate themselves, and nominated teachers are notified and invited to fill out an application. 

For more information, visit www.grammymusicteacher.com.  

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The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum's Music Educator Award

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2021 Music Educator Award Semifinalists Announced By The Recording Academy & GRAMMY Museum

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A total of 25 music teachers from 24 cities across 16 states, have been announced as semifinalists, selected from more than 1,989 initial nominations submitted from all 50 states
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Oct 13, 2020 - 7:00 am

Today the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum revealed the semifinalists list for the annual Music Educator Award. In all, a total of 25 music teachers from 24 cities across 16 states, have been announced as semifinalists, selected from more than 1,989 initial nominations submitted from all 50 states. Check out the full list below:

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The Music Educator Award recognizes current educators who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. The recipient will be recognized during GRAMMY Week 2021.

The award is open to current U.S. music teachers, and anyone can nominate a teacher — students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans, and administrators. Teachers are also able to nominate themselves, and nominated teachers are notified and invited to fill out an application.

Each year, one recipient is selected from 10 finalists and recognized for their remarkable impact on students' lives. They will receive a $10,000 honorarium and matching grant for their school’s music program. The nine additional finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and matching grants. The remaining fifteen semifinalists will receive a $500 honorarium with matching school grants.

The matching grants provided to the schools are made possible by the generosity and support of the GRAMMY Museum’s Education Champion Ford Motor Company Fund. In addition, the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, NAMM Foundation, and National Education Association support this program through outreach to their constituencies.

The finalists will be announced in December, and nominations for the 2022 Music Educator Award are now open. To nominate a music educator, or to find more information, please visit www.grammymusicteacher.com.

GRAMMY Museum Announces Digital Museum October Schedule

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GRAMMY Museum Announces Digital Museum October Schedule

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Check out all the new programs coming to COLLECTION:live, plus Columbia Records' takeover of Spotlight Saturdays, exclusive Instagram livestreams and more
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Oct 1, 2020 - 6:00 am

October is shaping up to be a busy month at the GRAMMY Museum's digital museum. Today, they revealed theier schedule for the upcoming, inlcuding a slew of programs to be added to the recently launched COLLECTION:live official online streaming service and much more.

Following last month's launch, COLLECTION:live is adding new programs in October featuring Ashe, Phoebe Bridgers, FKA Twigs, The Killers, PJ Morton, LInda Ronstadt, Jaden Smith, Soccer Mommy, SuperM and more, plus never-before released programs from the GRAMMY Museum archives. 

Also, the Spotlight Saturdays Series continues with Columbia Records taking over for October featuring artists from its roster such as 24KGoldn, Polo G and more. The GRAMMY Museum will also be hosting exclusive Instagram livestreams and releasing a new virtual exhibit featuring blues legend John Lee Hooker. 

See below for the full October schedule: 

COLLECTION:LIVE SCHEDULE

Thurs., Oct. 1
FKA twigs
Nicole Richie
Jaden Smith
SuperM

Tues., Oct. 6
The Meteoric Rise Of Latin Hitmakers: Top Charting Songs & Voices Of Cultural Change
Featuring Becky G, De La Ghetto, Play-N-Skillz, Sons of Sonix, and Tainy
Tuesday, October 6, 2020; 3 pm PT

Thurs., Oct. 8
Ashe
Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die – featuring a conversation with Manny Marroquin, Nick Mira, Dorien Theus, Lil Bibby, & Max Lord
Soccer Mommy

Plus, never-before-released programs from the archives including The Chainsmokers, Judy Collins, Morris Day & David Ritz, and Shovels & Rope.

Thurs., Oct. 15
Grimes
Oliver Riot
Phoebe Bridgers

Thurs., Oct. 22
LP
Pearl Jam’s Gigaton – featuring a conversation with album producer Josh Evans & bassist Jeff Ament
PJ Morton

Plus, never-before-released programs from the archives including Common, Estelle, Ghost, LP, Billy Porter, Maggie Rogers, Sharon Van Etten, Weird Al Yankovic, and more.

Thurs., Oct. 29
Sarah Jarosz and John Leventhal
The Killers
Linda & The Mockingbirds – featuring a conversation with Linda Ronstadt, music journalist
Randy Lewis, director James Keach, and Los Cenzontles founder Eugene Rodriguez

Spotlight Saturdays Series Takeover By Columbia Records
10/3 - Polo G
10/10 - Orville Peck
10/17 - 24kGoldn
10/24 - Elaine
10/31 - Labrinth

INSTAGRAM LIVESTREAMS
10/8 at 12 pm PT – La Marisoul moderated by Raúl Campos and Pili Montilla from Pili, Raúl and La Música
10/13 at 1 pm PT – Laura Marano moderated by GRAMMY Museum education senior coordinator Schyler O'Neal

DIGITAL EXHIBIT
10/2 – John Lee Hooker: King of the Boogie

GRAMMY Museum At Home continues to release new programming each month including digital educational content and lesson plans as part of the GRAMMY In The Schools Knowledge Bank. 

COLLECTION:live is available for $2.99/month or $29.99 a year. GRAMMY Museum members receive 50 percent off the annual subscription price. Proceeds benefit the Museum's music education initiatives and help keep the Museum's mission alive while the physical location remains closed due to COVID-19.

You can access the GRAMMY Museum's Digital Museum at www.grammymuseum.org and COLLECTION:live at watch.grammymuseum.org.

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GRAMMY Museum Announces 2020 Career Day With Madison Beer, Manny Marroquin, Rickey Minor & More

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The career mentorship education program series will be hosted virtually via digital conferencing for the first time
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Sep 23, 2020 - 10:16 am

Attention middle and high school students in music programs! Today the GRAMMY Museum announced eight GRAMMY Career Day events featuring a wide variety of members of the Recording Academy and other music industry professionals who will mentor aspiring musicians and music industry students.

The nationwide education program will be hosted virtually via digital conferencing for the first time and will take place Thursdays at 3 p.m. PT from Sept. 24 to Nov. 19. Check out the Full Schedule:

  • Sept. 24: GRAMMY Award-winning mixing engineer Manny Marroquin and GRAMMY Award-winning producer, songwriter and musician Mike Elizondo
  • Oct 1: Founder and CEO of the management firm Culture Collective Jonathan Azu and GRAMMY Award-winning music supervisor Julia Michels
  • Oct. 8: Owner and CEO of The Village Studios Jeff Greenberg and Chief Creative Officer at Adarga Entertainment Group Henry Alonzo
  • Oct. 15: Songwriter, producer and video director Madison Beer and CEO/artist/bassist Sekou Bunch
  • Oct. 22: Assistant Vice President, Membership Group at ASCAP Loretta Muñoz and entrepreneur and music manager Orly Marley
  • Oct. 29: Singer/songwriter and CEO of Hits For Life Kiara Lanier
  • Nov. 12: Composer for film and television Amanda Jones
  • Nov 19: Bass player, composer, producer, and Emmy-winning music director Rickey Minor and musician, educator, and GRAMMY Award-nominated recording artist Paul Jackson Jr.

Middle school and high school students and teachers across the United States are invited to join these GRAMMY Career Day event dates. Schools can participate by registering here. 

GRAMMY Career Day, which is supported by the Ford Motor Company Fund, will also continue with another series of virtual Career Day events in spring 2021.

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Billie Eilish & FINNEAS To Appear On GRAMMY Museum's New Streaming Service COLLECTION:live

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Coming Sept. 17, the online streaming service will also feature programs with the Avett Brothers, BTS, Selena Gomez, Run The Jewels, Tame Impala, The War And Treaty and more
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Sep 10, 2020 - 8:00 am

The GRAMMY Museum announced today that Billie Eilish and FINNEAS are set to appear on COLLECTION:live, the Museum's official online streaming service featuring newly produced artist interviews, performances and livestreams, as well as special releases from the GRAMMY Museum archive.

COLLECTION:live launches with a special recently taped interview with Eilish and FINNEAS, conducted by GRAMMY Museum Moderator Scott Goldman, on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 12 a.m. ET HERE. Film score composer and record producer Hans Zimmer will join their program to discuss the making of their original song “No Time To Die” written for the new forthcoming MGM/Eon Productions James Bond film. The Museum will also release Eilish and FINNEAS' 2019 interview and performance from the archives.

"It’s an honor to be part of this new series and to support the GRAMMY Museum, a place that had such a huge impact on us growing up," said Eilish

"Without the GRAMMY Museum, we wouldn’t have gotten to experience or learn about so many important artists before us. Their programs provide a unique access, insight and education that we consider hugely instrumental in our own careers and musical development. We are proud to be part of this series," said FINNEAS.

Prior to COVID-19, the Museum's popular public programs were recorded over the last decade from the Museum's Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles. Since March 2020, the Museum has continued its series via digital conferencing and has since surpassed the 1,000 program mark. COLLECTION:live is an artfully curated collection of many of these never-before-released programs, available soon on all streaming devices, including computer, tablet, mobile phone, or TV for $2.99/month or $29.99 a year. 

The Sept. 17 launch day will also feature interviews and/or performances by The Avett Brothers, Black Pumas, Glass Animals, Selena Gomez, Run The Jewels, and Tones And I. Plus, the new streaming service will offer a special benefit rental performance by Scarypoolparty and never-before-released programs from the archives from a wide array of artists.

The following Thursday, Sept. 24 will feature addional content with BTS, Perfume Genius, Blake Mills, Poo Bear, Dennis Quaid, Jared Gutstadt: Bear And A Banjo, Rufus Wainwright, Sam Fischer, Sparks, Tame Impala and The War And Treaty. Additionally, there will be a special prrogram, to be announced, debuting on Sept. 30.

“COLLECTION:live represents another phase of the GRAMMY Museum’s continued success with delivering music and museum-related content in a new and accessible way for our members, students, and music lovers,” said Michael Sticka, President of the GRAMMY Museum. “Creating a streaming option for our programming was always a part of our strategic approach, but COVID-19 brought it to the forefront. We look forward to continuing to grow this platform, even after we re-open our doors to the physical Museum.”

GRAMMY Museum members receive 50 percent off the annual subscription price. New programming will be released each week. Proceeds benefit the Museum's music education initiatives and help keep the Museum's mission alive while the physical location remains closed due to COVID-19.

Please visit HERE to RSVP and to sign-up for more information.

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