Keb' Mo' on the cover of Living Blues magazine in 2012

GRAMMY winner Keb' Mo' as featured on the cover of 'Living Blues' in 2012. The magazine's co-founder is one of 14 2017 GRAMMY Museum Grant Program recipients

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GRAMMY Museum awards $200K for music grants

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14 recipients, including Berklee College of Music, Yale University and 'Living Blues' magazine, aided by the Museum to support archiving and preservation efforts of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas
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May 15, 2017 - 2:36 am
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The GRAMMY Museum Grant Program has awarded more than $200,000 in grants to 14 recipients in the United States to help facilitate research on a variety of music-based subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs.

Funded by The Recording Academy, the Grant Program provides funding annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, in addition to research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition.

With a $20,000 grant, the Yale University Library will preserve and digitize approximately 335 hours of unique noncommercial audio, predominantly from 1937–1956, featuring music by Charles Ives. The content will be ingested into the library's digital preservation system and made available via one of its mediated streaming tools.

Berklee College of Music in Boston will receive $13,000 to digitize an impressive collection of analog video tapes spanning 1985–2001, which capture music legends imparting their wisdom in memorable commencement speeches and unique performances. 

Living Blues magazine co-founder Jim O'Neal was awarded $5,000, which will be used to catalog and assess a historic collection of more than 2,000 tapes of interviews and live music. These one-of-a-kind tapes, which date from 1968 to 2012, document many major figures in blues, R&B, gospel, and jazz from Chicago, Mississippi, Memphis, and elsewhere.

The Memphis, Tenn.-based Soulsville Foundation will receive $13,000 to support an effort to digitize, preserve and share a collection of more than 250 concert and promotional posters, advertisements and album artwork proofs highlighting the rich history of Stax Records from 1957–1975. 

Awarded $5,000, T. Christopher Alpin in Pasadena, Calif., will evaluate and preserve the sound collections of the Fort Sill Chiricahua/Warm Springs Apache tribe. Collections contain the musical heritage of the Chihene, or Warm Springs Apache youth impressed into Nednai camps in the Mexican Sierra Madres between 1882 and 1883.

Iowa State University Foundation was awarded more than $19,000 for a scientific research grant that will examine the acute and long-term effects of therapeutic singing on both the motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, stress and inflammation.

To date, the Grant Program has awarded more than $7 million to nearly 400 initiatives that explore the intersection of music and science for the benefit of the general public.

"The compelling and far-reaching endeavors represented by our 2017 grantees reflect a commitment to issues that The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum members are passionate about: our goal to recognize and sustain the value of music in all of our lives," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and Chair of the GRAMMY Museum Board.

View a complete list of 2017 GRAMMY Museum Grant Program recipients

 

Jon Batiste, 2017

Jon Batiste

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GRAMMY Week 2018: Jon Batiste To Perform With GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session Students

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The performance will take place in New York City during the annual "GRAMMYs In The Schools Live!" event just days before the 60th GRAMMY Awards
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Dec 21, 2017 - 4:24 pm

Select students from the GRAMMY Camp—Jazz Session program will gather at the John L. Tishman Auditorium in New York City during GRAMMY Week to participate in the ninth annual "GRAMMY In The Schools Live!" performance and alumni reception.

Special guest and past GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session participant Jon Batiste will join the student band during the performance. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Batiste is the current musical director for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Additional guests of honor will include Pamela Alexander, director of community development for Ford Motor Company Fund, which provides funding and support for the GRAMMY Camp program, Recording Academy President/CEO and Board Chair of the GRAMMY Museum Neil Portnow, as well as the recipient of the Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum's fifth annual Music Educator Award.

GRAMMY Camp is one of several flagship music education programs the comprise the GRAMMY Museum's GRAMMY in the Schools initiative, alongside GRAMMY Signature Schools and the Jane Ortner Education Award. GRAMMY Camp offers selected high school students an interactive nonresidential summer music experience focusing on all aspects of commercial music. 

High school instrumentalists can audition for the GRAMMY Camp—Jazz Session, and selectees will travel to the host city for the annual GRAMMY Awards, and participate in high-profile GRAMMY Week performances, recording sessions and attend the GRAMMY telecast.

"GRAMMY In The Schools Live!" will take place on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. General admission tickets are on sale now.

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Human Rights Day Hits Musical High Note With U.N.

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First High Note Music Prize to be awarded next year by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Dec 8, 2017 - 5:43 pm

Human Rights Day on Dec. 10 commemorates the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Now a new High Note international partnership including the GRAMMY Museum has come together to commemorate music's power to stand up for the human rights principles of "the equality and dignity of every person."

"We commend The High Note Project and the U.N. Human Rights Office on their launch of The High Note Music Prize, which will place a deserved spotlight on artists using their music and platform for good," said GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Scott Goldman. "Music is a powerful tool, and when used to call out injustice that power inspires goodwill in others and affects change across a broad spectrum of social issues."

High Note Project executive producers David Clark and Chantel Sausedo are helping to organize the first annual High Note Honors Concert in London, Fall 2018, with proceeds benefitting a charity to be chosen by its recipient — a major recording artist with more than a decade of philanthropic efforts — as well as the GRAMMY Museum and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

GRAMMY Museum Awards $200K For Music Grants

Students perform at GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award presentation

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Cisco, GRAMMY Museum Announce Music Education Grant Winners

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2017 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award to empower 20 music programs with $5,000 apiece
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Nov 29, 2017 - 4:15 pm

Cisco, the GRAMMY Museum, and the OneRepublic Good Life Foundation have teamed to distribute the 2017 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award, 20 monetary grants of $5,000 to public school music programs, and to enable more connected classroom experiences by donating the Cisco Spark collaboration platform to recipients of the award. "We have seen the incredible benefits of our GRAMMY Signature Schools program at work in classrooms across the country, and we couldn't be more grateful to Cisco and OneRepublic's Good Life Foundation for their generous donation," said Scott Goldman, GRAMMY Museum Executive Director.

Music at its core is a collaborative process, and Cisco Spark will foster innovative collaboration opportunities for students and positively impact the way they work and learn. The company's leading work with online networks has already enriched 500,000 concert attendees at dozens of Live Nation venues with WiFi, and it is committed to driving digital transformation in the music industry as well as music classrooms. "We are committed to not only supporting but also rewarding the outstanding work of the students, teachers and administrators at these schools, and hope this donation continues to make music education a reality for students across America," said Maria Dincel, Managing Director, Olympics, Global Sponsorships and Product Placement at Cisco.

Since its inception in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools Program has donated more than $2.4 million in financial assistance to school music programs nationally.

2017 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award Recipients
Antioch High School, Antioch, TN
Broad Ripple Magnet High School, Indianapolis, IN
Camden High School, Camden, NJ
Camelback High School, Phoenix, AZ
Charlestown High School, Boston, MA
Cleveland NJROTC Academy, St. Louis, MO
Eastern Senior High School, Washington, DC
Franklin Learning Center, Philadelphia, PA
James Hillhouse High School, New Haven, CT
John Hancock Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL
Lincoln High School, , Yonkers, NY
Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, CA
Patrick Henry High School, Roanoke, VA
Rainier Senior High School, Rainier, WA
Southwest Magnet High School and Law Academy, Macon, GA
Stephen F. Austin High School, Houston, TX
Stranahan High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Thomas Jefferson International Newcomer's Academy, Cleveland, OH
Thomasville High School, Thomasville, NC
Washington High School, Freemont, CA

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Clive Davis in 2017

Clive Davis

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Clive Davis To Appear At GRAMMY Museum For Special Q&A, Doc Screening

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The evening will include a special screening of 'Clive Davis: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives'
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 28, 2017 - 5:45 pm

Clive Davis will make a special appearance at the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live on Dec. 5 for a special conversation on his extraordinary career and new documentary, Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of our Lives.

The event will be held in the Museum's intimate Clive Davis Theater, named in honor of the 5-time GRAMMY winning producer and music industry executive.

The schedule of events for the evening will include an opening interview with Davis, followed by a screening of the documentary, then a Q&A featuring Davis and Director Chris Perkel moderated by GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Scott Goldman.

The documentary itself profiles Davis across his prolific five-decade career, providing fascinating insight into his role in creating some of the most lasting and influential works in contemporary music history.

Among those artists featured in the documentary are Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Santana, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Alicia Keys, Sean “Puffy” Combs, and many more.

Attendees will also receive a download of the acclaimed film to take home. Tickets for the event are on sale now.

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