GRAMMY In The Schools Programs For Youth And Schools In Your Community

Hi :

Please help
us spread the word in your community about our GRAMMY in the Schools programs
for U.S. high school students and schools! The programs are described in detail
below, but I'll give you a snapshot here: GRAMMY Camp is a residential summer
camp for teens interested in a career in the music industry, GRAMMY Camp

Thanks,
Christina
Cassidy

Communications Director

christina.cassidy@grammy.com

310.581.8670 p.
310.392.2188 f.

GRAMMY Foundation/MusiCares

3030 Olympic
Blvd.

Santa Monica, CA
90404

310.392.3777

For Immediate Release                                  PRESS RELEASE

THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION^® LAUNCHES ONLINE
APPLICATIONS FOR GRAMMY IN THE SCHOOLS^® PROGRAMS SUPPORTED IN PART
BY

BEST BUY, CONVERSE AND THE HOT TOPIC FOUNDATION

Oct. 22 is the Deadline to Apply for GRAMMY
Camp^® — Jazz Session, GRAMMY Signature Schools and Early Decision for GRAMMY Camp

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Oct.
1, 2012) — The GRAMMY Foundation^®is currently accepting
applications for its 2013 GRAMMY Camp^®, GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session, (formerly GRAMMY^® Jazz Ensembles), and GRAMMY
Signature Schools programs for high school students and high school
music programs. These programs are part of the Foundation's GRAMMY
in the Schools^® offerings and are supported in part by Best Buy and Converse.

"GRAMMY Camp and GRAMMY
Camp — Jazz Session allow high school students to experience firsthand
what it feels like to have a career in the music industry, and our
GRAMMY Signature Schools program provides generous financial resources to high
schools for the benefit of their music programs," said Neil Portnow,
President/CEO of The Recording Academy^® and the GRAMMY Foundation.
"These GRAMMY in the Schools
initiatives are helping to inspire and educate the next generation of
music makers."

Students and schools interested
in participating in the 2013 GRAMMY Camp
— Jazz Session and GRAMMY Signature
Schools programs can apply at www.grammyintheschools.com. Completed
applications are due Oct. 22 for both
programs. Oct. 22 is also the
early decision deadline for students interested in attending the 9th annual
GRAMMY Camp to be held in summer 2013. Early decision applicants will
receive a 10 percent tuition discount if selected to attend GRAMMY Camp. They
receive this discount whether they are selected as part of the early decision
process or drawn from the regular applicant pool. Applicants not selected via
early decision will be reconsidered with the final pool of applications. The final
GRAMMY Camp application deadline is March 31, 2013. In the past, approximately
75 percent of GRAMMY Camp participants who have applied for financial aid
received assistance.

The GRAMMY Foundation is also
pleased to announce that recordings from the jazz program can now be purchased
on iTunes, Amazon.com and other quality online music outlets. Albums released
from 2007–2012 are now available for download. These projects were recorded at
the world-famous Capitol Recording Studios (EMI Music)
in Hollywood, Calif., by GRAMMY-winning engineers Manny Marroquin and Al
Schmitt, and mastered by GRAMMY winner Bernie Grundman.

GRAMMY Camp

The program offers selected high school students an interactive residential summer
music experience. Focusing on all aspects of commercial music, this unique
opportunity provides instruction by industry professionals in an immersive
creative environment with cutting-edge technology in professional facilities.
The program offers seven music career tracks: Audio Engineering; Concert
Promotion/Production; Electronic Music Production; Marketing & Management, Music
Journalism; Songwriting and a Performance Track for Bass, Drums, Guitar,
Keyboard, Vocal, and Winds & Strings. All tracks culminate in media
projects, recordings and/or showcase performances.

GRAMMY Camp – Jazz
Session

High school (public, private, parochial, home-schooled,
etc.) singers and instrumentalists are encouraged to audition for GRAMMY Camp – Jazz Session (formerly GRAMMY
Jazz Ensembles). Selectees will receive an all-expenses-paid
trip to Los Angeles, the host city for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards^®, Feb. 1–11, 2013. Students
will perform in high-profile GRAMMY
Week events and recording sessions and will attend the 55th Annual GRAMMY
Awards telecast on Feb. 10, 2013. Musical directors for the GRAMMY Camp – Jazz
Session are Justin DiCioccio
(Manhattan School of Music), Dr. Leila Heil
(Colorado State University) and Dr. Ron McCurdy (USC Thornton School of Music).
Students are also eligible for college scholarships through the college
incentive program (more than $2 million available) offered by program partners
Berklee College of Music, USC Thornton School of Music, the New School for Jazz
and Contemporary Music, and Manhattan School of Music. The school of each
selectee will receive a professional cymbal courtesy of Zildjian. The GRAMMY
Camp – Jazz Session program receives additional support from the Ella
Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Zildjian, Capitol Recording Studios (EMI Music), CenterStaging,
and Guitar Center.

GRAMMY Signature Schools

Just as the GRAMMY Award recognizes excellence in
recording, the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY Signature Schools program
recognizes top public high schools across the country for outstanding
commitment to their music education programs. Each of the GRAMMY Signature
Schools will receive a custom award and a monetary grant to benefit its music
program. The top programs are designated Gold recipients. The best of the Gold
recipients is designated the National GRAMMY Signature School. For schools that
are economically underserved, the GRAMMY Foundation established the Enterprise Award category to recognize
the efforts in music education made by these schools.. GRAMMY Signature Schools
recipients are determined by the Blue Ribbon Committee, a panel of top music
educators and professionals.

The GRAMMY Foundation has also established
the GRAMMY Signature Schools Community
Award, an extension of the GRAMMY Signature Schools program in partnership
with Best Buy Mobile and the Hot Topic Foundation. To celebrate the
opening of new Best Buy Mobile stores, the GRAMMY Foundation identified
deserving public high school music programs to receive the award and a $2,000 grant.
During the past year, approximately 100 schools have received the GRAMMY
Signature Schools Community Award, and total dollars granted were in excess of
$200,000. For a list of schools, visit www.grammy.com.

The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate
the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded
music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past
to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music
professionals. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and
activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the
general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with its
founder, The Recording Academy^®, to bring national attention to
important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and
the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage. Campbell's Labels for
Education program is proud to be the official education partner of the GRAMMY
in the Schools programs. For more information, please visit www.grammyintheschools.com. For
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Program Contact:

David R. Sears/GRAMMY
Foundation/310.392.3777/david@grammy.com

Media Contacts:

Hannah Berryman/The GRAMMY
Foundation/310.392.3777/hannah.berryman@grammy.com 

Christina Cassidy/ GRAMMY Foundation/310.392.3777/christina.cassidy@grammy.com