The GRAMMY Foundation selected 82 talented high school students from 73 cities across the United States to participate in the sixth annual GRAMMY Camp.
From July 10–19, these students worked with GRAMMY -winning and -nominated professionals and industry specialists affiliated with The Recording Academy to experience an immersive residential summer music camp that provided hands-on instruction about careers in the music industry. This year, GRAMMY-winning artist Keith Urban served as honorary dean, and Colbie Caillat, Ed Cherney, Lamont Dozier, Maroon 5, and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart joined others members of the music industry's finest to meet with campers.
Financial assistance for GRAMMY Camp is offered to qualified students. This year, a portion of these resources was generously provided by Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation's Irving Caesar Fund, BET, the CAA Foundation, Converse, the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fund, Epiphone, the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Hot Topic Foundation, Dave Krusen, the Les Paul Foundation, and Dave Matthews, as well as several other individual donors. GRAMMY Camp is supported in part by Avid, Billboard, Center Staging, Coca-Cola, Converse, Epiphone, Guitar Center Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter, JBL by Harman, Mackie, People, Pollstar, Remo, Shure, Variety, and others.
Read more about the sixth annual GRAMMY Camp at www.grammycampblog.blogspot.com.
For more information and a complete list of 2010 GRAMMY Campers, click here.
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