LOS ANGELES (Recording Academy) - Following the overwhelming success of its inaugural 2005 GRAMMY Camp, the GRAMMY Foundation announced the summer 2006 session will be held from July 15 – 31, 2006, and will be broadened to reach 120 students ages 15 – 19. Sponsored in part by Shure Incorporated and the Epiphone Company, this extraordinary 17-day interactive experience once again will be hosted at the Citrus College Entertainment Technology Complex in Glendora, Calif., and other venues throughout Los Angeles. Applications are currently available online at www.grammyintheschools.com; the deadline to apply is April 14, 2006.
This year's GRAMMY Camp will be expanded to explore 14 music career tracks: Audio Engineering; Film/TV Scoring, Arranging And Conducting; Music Production; Video Game Music; Video Game Sound Design; DJ/Remixing; and Performance Tracks in Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drums/Percussion, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone and Singer/Songwriting. All courses of study will be integrated to culminate in CD recordings and showcase performances. Fully immersive instruction grounded in both academic and practical applications will be provided to students by the Citrus College faculty, GRAMMY Award-winning and -nominated professionals, and Recording Academy -affiliated industry specialists. The curriculum will explore the creative process and engage students in the technical aspects of performing, recording and distribution while emphasizing new and emerging technologies impacting the music industry.
"GRAMMY Camp embodies the mission of the GRAMMY Foundation and translates it into valuable, real-world experiences for young people," said Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation President Neil Portnow. "This innovative program allows students to work directly with leading music professionals and gain hands-on experience in an ever-changing industry landscape. Many of the young people who participated last year commented that it was the most influential and informative week of their lives."
Again this year, GRAMMY Camp will allow students the opportunity to interact and collaborate across all tracks of instruction. While students will be selected for a specific track of emphasis, the instructive approach will encourage interactivity between each track in order for students to realize their individual or group projects. Financial assistance will be available to students and consideration will be given both for needs-based assistance, talent-based submissions and/or a combination of both.
"We are very excited to be a sponsor of GRAMMY Camp again this year," said Shure's Director, U.S. Marketing Communications, Terri Johnson. "We felt that last year was such a tremendous success. It was really inspiring to see the creativity and talent of the kids come together in that final performance after just one week together. And, the opportunity to be affiliated with a program of this caliber — one that really affects kids in a positive way — is completely in line with our desire to support the education and development of young musicians."
The first annual GRAMMY Camp launched in July 2005 with 47 high school students from across the country converging at Citrus College in Los Angeles. This landmark event offered five curriculum tracks and featured once-in-a-lifetime opportunities such as: jamming with GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist Steve Vai, meeting GRAMMY Award-winning producers David Foster and Jimmy Jam, recording film music at the 20th Century Fox Newman Scoring Stage with an 18-piece orchestra, joining field trips to Capitol Records and the GRAMMY Awards headquarters, and watching Ryan Cabrera tape a performance on MTV's "Score." GRAMMY Camp concluded with a professionally produced showcase featuring live performances and taped highlights of all the camp participants' original works at CenterStaging in Burbank, Calif. In addition, CenterStaging donated services and equipment at every GRAMMY Camp performance venue.
