Program brings music industry professionals to high school students
GRAMMY.com
The GRAMMY Foundation today announced the schedule for its 2007 GRAMMY Career Day events, a national program that brings top music industry professionals together with high school students to present an insider's perspective on working in the music and recording industries. The program, now in its 21st year, kicked off on Jan. 17 in San Francisco and it continues throughout the school year with events in 12 cities across the United States, including Atlanta; Los Angeles; Miami, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; New York and Portland, Ore. GRAMMY Career Day is presented by Gibson Foundation and is free of charge.
"GRAMMY Career Day is a pillar of our GRAMMY Foundation music education programs," said Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation President Neil Portnow. "For more than 20 years, GRAMMY Career Day has given students the opportunity to interact directly with a talented group of music industry professionals and gain valuable insights about the diverse career opportunities available in the music industry."
GRAMMY Career Day begins with a panel comprising recording and music industry talents interacting with students in a dynamic talk-show format. Following the panel discussion, students attend one of numerous interactive workshops offered on topics such as songwriting, engineering, production, instrumental techniques, marketing and public relations, music video production and new media careers. This year, GRAMMY Career Day will offer a special workshop in graphic design and a Recording Package Design Contest. The contest, offered in select Chapter cities across the United States, will determine a winner whose design will be featured on grammyintheschools.com and on the CD package of the Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles.
"Gibson Guitar and Baldwin Piano are proud supporters of music education and we are committed to fostering a lifelong appreciation of music," said Henry Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar and Baldwin Piano. "Through GRAMMY Career Day, we are bringing this commitment to life and helping young people increase their awareness about the range of career options in the music industry."
Since its launch in 1986, GRAMMY Career Day participants have included behind-the-scenes music professionals (engineers, producers, songwriters, music publishers, entertainment attorneys, label executives and more) as well as widely recognized artists such as Ashanti, Erykah Badu, Clint Black, Boyz II Men, Deana Carter, Common, Chuck D, Bo Diddley, Floetry, David Foster, Peter Frampton, Vince Gill, Sammy Hagar, Faith Hill, the Hooters, Jimmy Jam, Dave Koz, LL Cool J, G. Love, Monica, Greg Phillinganes, Linda Ronstadt, Brenda Russell, Carlos Santana, Jill Scott, Jon Secada, Sisqo, Usher, Diane Warren, Wynonna and Trisha Yearwood.
For a complete list of 2007 GRAMMY Career Day dates, please click here.