SANTA MONICA, CA (Recording Academy) - The GRAMMY Foundation Grants Program announced today that nearly $400,000 in grants will be awarded to 13 recipients across the country. Funds will be given to help facilitate an extraordinary range of research, archiving and preservation projects, including: an investigation of the clinical effectiveness of a unique therapeutic device for neurorehabilitation of stroke patients; an undertaking to preserve recordings of American classical music by such luminaries as
Aaron Copland and Charles Ives; and an endeavor to preserve and archive the Joe Glazer Collection, which contains some of the most important songs and speeches of the American labor movement. A complete list of grant awards and projects is attached.
In addition to these grants, this year the GRAMMY Foundation will dedicate a portion of funds to support music archiving and preservation projects for Gulf Coast collections. The application for this special grant cycle is currently available online at www.grammyfoundation.com and the deadline to submit applications is May 1, 2006.
"The Grants Program is a mainstay of the GRAMMY Foundation's mission," said Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation President Neil Portnow. "It encourages dialogue about the critical importance of music's history and future, and its impact on individuals, communities, science and culture."
The GRAMMY Foundation's Grants Program is generously funded by The Recording Academy. Now in its 18th year, the GRAMMY Foundation Grants Program has awarded more than $2 million to approximately 200 noteworthy projects. The Grants Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, as well as research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. Recipients are determined based on criteria such as merit, uniqueness of project and the ability to accomplish intended goals. The deadline each year for submitting grant applications is Oct. 1. Applications for the 2007 cycle will be available at www.grammyfoundation/grants after May 1, 2006.
Research:
Amir Lahav - Brighton, Mass.
To investigate the clinical effectiveness of the "Virtual Music Maker," a unique therapeutic device that was recently developed in the Music, Mind and Motion Lab at Boston University, and provide insight into the use of music production as a treatment modality for neurorehabilitation in stroke patients. ($40,000)
Methodist Hospital Foundation - Houston
To use the effects of music to facilitate movement in patients with Parkinson's disease, and develop a set of rhythmic auditory stimuli with systematically varying properties to test their ability to facilitate movement in patients. ($25,000)
Archiving And Preservation:
Center for Andean Ethnomusicology - Lima, Peru
To restore and make accessible three of early collections of Peruvian field recordings from the late 1950s housed at the Center for Andean Ethnomusicology. ($32,400)
Trustees of Columbia University - New York
To preserve recordings of American classical music dating from 1942-1951 by such luminaries as Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, and by then emerging composers such as Samuel Barber and William Schuman. ($40,000)
Florida International University for the Green Library - Miami, Fla.
To preserve and archive oral interviews with musicians and composers of Cuban and Latin American music. ($20,000)
Haleakala, Inc. dba The Kitchen - New York
To preserve and modernize The Kitchen's extensive archival collection of historic audio and videotapes dating from 1972. ($30,000)
International Jazz Collections, University of Idaho - Moscow, Idaho
To preserve and digitize the unique and historically significant tapes and test pressings of the renowned jazz critic, composer, pianist, journalist and producer, Leonard Feather. ($36,682)
Northshore Concert Band - Evanston, Ill.
To transfer imperiled recordings spanning almost 30 years of performances by the Northshore Concert Band - one of the nation's largest and most respected symphonic bands - to digital media and make the collection accessible through Northwestern University's Music Library. ($14,800)
Other Minds - San Francisco
To preserve the genesis of new music in America for the national cultural record, and digitally convert an aging archive of interviews, live in-studio performances, visual media and concerts. ($40,000)
Raices, a program of Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc. - New York
To preserve, archive and digitally transfer imperiled discs and tapes of the Raices Collection, the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of materials relating to the evolution and impact of Latin music. ($40,000)
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage - Washington, D.C.
To preserve and archive the music and paperwork of the Joe Glazer Collection, which contains some of the most important songs and speeches of the American labor movement. ($12,500)
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, UC Regents - Los Angeles
To preserve and dramatically increase access to a selection of valuable American folk music tapes in the D.K. Wilgus Collection. ($40,000)
Yale University for Oral History, American Music (OHAM) - New Haven, Conn.
To preserve the OHAM collection, which contains oral and video memoirs of some of the most creative musicians of our time, including Aaron Copland, John Cage, Charles Mingus and Frank Zappa. ($20,000)
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 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. For more information, please visit www.grammyfoundation.com.
Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs - including the creation of the national public education campaign What's The Download (www.WhatsTheDownload.com). For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
