New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) Artist/Creative Participants include: Denosh Bennett, vocalist/dancer; Terrence Brown; producer and musical director for Janelle Monae; Evan Bogart, songwriter/producer; Matthew Cherry, music video director and film producer; Billy Hawn, drummer/percussionist;
Allison Iraheta, vocalist for "The
Tonight Show" Band; Lecrae, current GRAMMY-nominated rapper (Best Gospel Album); Wayne Linsey, keyboardist for "The
Tonight Show" Band; Rickey Minor, "The
Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and former GRAMMY Awards telecast musical director;
Kevin Ricard, percussionist; Tony Rich, GRAMMY-winning singer;
Kevin Savigar, multi-platinum songwriter/producer; Elliott Sellers, music video director; Sy Smith, singer/songwriter; Joseph Trapanese, composer of Disney's Tron: Uprising; Anthony Valadez, KCRW DJ/entrepreneur; Elle Varner, current GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter (Best R&B Song); and Brian Vickers, music coordinator for Bunim/Murray Productions and member of Traces Of Blue.
Industry Professionals include: Diana Beas, head of licensing & Latin music for Secret Road
Music Services; Rob Bonstein, general manager of The
Creed Company; Ryan Chisholm, talent manager, Nettwerk
Music Group and co-founder of Hollywood Hack Day; Jeff Cohran, tour manager and partner, The Muddy Water Group; Ivory Daniel, artist manager and Recording Academy® Los Angeles Chapter Governor; Miatta David, president of MVD Inc.; Avital Ferd, senior vice president, business development at Chromatik; Stacey Ferreira, co-founder of MySocialCloud.com; Bonnie Gallanter, president of Muse Artist Management and co-producer CMJ
Music Marathon; Courtney Garcia, entertainment journalist; Thornell Jones, Fortress Marketing;
Brandon Operchuck, USC director of performance venues;
George "2.0" Peters, program director of new media for Janelle Monáe and The Wondaland Arts Society; Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares®; Rusty Rueff, Chair, the GRAMMY Foundation Board and new venture backer;
Christopher Sampson, associate dean for the USC Thornton School of Music; Shara Senderoff, CEO and co-founder of Intern Sushi; Brian Vinikoor, head of marketing and new media, Secret Road
Music Services; Larry Wade, executive vice president of The Writing Camp, LLC; Zach Weinreb, Arpeggio Entertainment;
Kevin Winston, founder of DigitalLA;
Monica Young, Blue Key Management; and Reneeka Versey, A&R and member of All Cows Eat Grass.
To encourage careers in the music business, GRAMMY Camp — Basic Training provides high school students an opportunity to interact with music industry professionals in educational settings throughout the country.
Top music industry professionals discuss the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 800 Los Angeles-area high school students at GRAMMY Camp® — Basic Training, a GRAMMY in the Schools® initiative of the GRAMMY Foundation with support from Ford Motor Company Fund and the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Best Buy and Converse. GRAMMY Camp — Basic Training conducts a variety of workshops focusing on various fields in the music industry, utilizing the entire USC Thornton School of
Music campus.
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
820 West 34th Street
Los Angeles, California 90089
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
8:30 a.m. : Press Check-In (Booth Ramo Concert Hall)
9 a.m. -10:25 a.m. : Career Workshops: Session One (Various Classrooms)
9:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. : One-On-One Interviews with Session Two participants (Booth Ramo Concert Hall)
10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. : Press Reception/One-On-One Interviews with Session One participants
(Booth Ramo Concert Hall)
10:35 a.m - noon : Career Workshops: Session Two (Various Classrooms)
12:05 - 12:30 p.m. : Lunch
12:50 - 1:50 p.m. : GRAMMY Camp - Jazz Session Performance (Tutor Center Grand Ballroom)
