GRAMMY Camp
New York

Description:
Campers will receive comprehensive instruction on recording techniques, including mic technique, signal flow, and sonic shaping both in studio and live applications. Campers will also learn aspects of traditional music production through to music creation with digital instruments with learning methods of programming, editing, sampling, and mixing on digital audio workstations to help further develop their original compositions. Campers will how learn innovative techniques in digital music production, remixing, and sound manipulation to combine performance, composition, and orchestration with computer, synthesis, and multimedia technology. Students should have at least a rudimentary understanding of recording equipment and be familiar with basic audio terminology (i.e., microphone, compression, reverb, etc.) and digital audio workstations (DAW).

Submission Requirements:
Submit one music and/or video selections as MP3s YouTube or SoundCloud links of projects you have recorded and/or mixed either in a recording or live performance setting.

You must provide a brief yet detailed description of what you did and how you did it for each selection (i.e., recorded, mixed, equipment used, location, etc.). Submit one example in MP3 format of music you have created using computer-based platforms (with or without the addition of live instruments). You must provide a brief yet detailed description of what you did and how you did it for each selection (i.e., recorded, mixed, equipment used, location, etc.).

Description:
Aspiring singer/songwriters will sharpen the skills of their craft while exploring song structure, harmony, melody, lyric writing, and (where applicable) vocal technique. This track will also provide Campers with the opportunity to collaborate with a band, singers, and other songwriters. They will also gain valuable insight on sound business practices including effective marketing. This Career Track does not require you to be a singer. However, you should have a rudimentary understanding of music theory, and having some keyboard or guitar performance abilities is highly recommended.

Submission Requirements:
Video of you or someone else singing two of your original compositions. If someone else is performing, you must make an on-camera introduction of each song and the performer(s).

All songs must be written solely by you. Please upload your video to YouTube and submit your link(s). You are encouraged to submit lyric sheets with your songs and/or put the lyrics in the YouTube description.

Description:
There are many careers in music that make the success of an artist possible. This Career Track will explore the inner workings of the music business including marketing, management, touring, concert production, publicity, entertainment law, and entrepreneurship in this ever-changing industry. Students should have a passion for exploring the non-performance roles on an artist’s team and a basic knowledge of the current music industry.

Submission Requirements:
Please submit a brief (2-6 sentences) written response to each of the following:

• Pick an artist that you would like to work with. Describe what role you would like to play on their team (management, PR, marketing, live event production, legal, etc.) and how you would approach that position.
• Pick a person, a music company, and/or a website that you feel has had an impact on the music industry and explain how.
• Please upload answers to these two prompts. Video response submissions are also allowed, but answers should be prepared and recited (no rambling responses).

Description:
Musicians will study, rehearse, and perform in multiple settings including live events and studio sessions while also learning practical paths to a successful career as a musician.

Submission Requirements:
Submit videos of you performing two musical styles chosen from the following:

• Rock
• Pop
• Jazz
• Latin
• R&B
• Blues

If audio is recorded with a DAW (a digital audio workstation like Logic, Garageband, ProTools, etc.), no processing of pitch and/or time is acceptable. A bare minimum of effects (reverb, delay, compression, etc.) is strongly encouraged as well.

Please do not submit recordings of school performances or video links from social media sites such as Instagram or TikTok.

Rhythm Section: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keyboard: Please perform with a band, making sure you are clearly heard in the mix, or with recorded or programmed accompaniment. If you must perform unaccompanied, you must perform with a “click” (a metronome). Please demonstrate your abilities both “comping” (accompanying) and soloing.

Drummers—please ensure the camera angle shows your entire body so we can see both of your hands and posture while playing.

Winds & Strings: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Other Brass, Woodwinds, and Strings: Please perform with a band, making sure you are clearly heard in the mix, or with recorded or programmed accompaniment. If you must perform unaccompanied, you must perform with a “click” (a metronome). Please demonstrate your abilities soloing, and if possible, playing background parts.

Please upload your videos to YouTube and submit your link(s) to the application form.

Description:
As part of the performance tracks there will be an option for jazz performance. Campers will dive deeper in theory and history, with an emphasis on performance leading to original compositions to be performed by the end of camp. Please perform with a band, making sure you are clearly heard in the mix, or with recorded or programmed accompaniment. If you must perform unaccompanied, you must perform with a “click” (a metronome). Please demonstrate your abilities soloing, and if possible, playing background parts.

Submission Requirements:
Submit two performance videos showcasing the Jazz genre. If audio is recorded with a DAW (a digital audio workstation like Logic, Garageband, ProTools, etc.), no processing of pitch and/or time is acceptable. A bare minimum of effects (reverb, delay, compression, etc.) is strongly encouraged as well.

Please do not submit recordings of school performances or video links from social media sites such as Instagram or TikTok.

Description:
Students will develop as performers incorporating acting, music and dance to enhance their ability to be a triple threat. In this track campers will build their repertoire in both music and dance, singing for the stage and a study of the American musical. The program will bridge classical methods of various cultures through drama, music and dance to contemporary performances happening currently. Students will also learn about the business of musical theater from grand rights to filling a theater.

Submission Requirements:

Singing—Performing two contrasting pieces (required)

• One song should be written prior to 1970. This song can be either the up-tempo or the ballad (student’s choice).
• One song should be written after 1970 and contrast the style of the first (can include jukebox musicals).
• Each song file should be 60–90 seconds in length. (This time limit is strictly adhered to; please do not upload media files longer than 90 seconds).
• The songs should be filmed top of the head to waist visible in the frame.

Acting—One monologue from a published play or written by a professional writer.

• A professional writer is someone whose plays have been produced, but may not have been professionally published.
• Each monologue should be 60 to 90 seconds in length, please do not upload media files larger than 90 seconds.

Dancing—(optional but highly recommended)

• If you have dance training or experience in any discipline (including but not limited to jazz, ballet, tap, modern, cultural dance styles, hip hop, lyrical, or contemporary), you are encouraged to submit a video in whatever discipline you feel most confident that shows us your best version of dancing or moving.
• Dance submissions can be self-choreographed but must be a solo video of you.
• All choreography must be performed to music.

Christen James is an award-winning creative multi-hyphenate. As an artist, Christen is a classically trained vocalist, having performed across the US and abroad, including appearances at Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, and Lincoln Center. Christen is also a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. Her credits include the Tony-winning musical New York, New York, the history-making musical How To Dance In Ohio, and the Tony winner for Best Revival of a Play, Appropriate (starring Sarah Paulson—Tony Award-winner for Best Actress in a Play; Corey Stoll—Tony Award-nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Play; Michael Esper, Natalie Gold, and Ella Beaty). Currently, Christen serves as a co-producer for the Broadway revival of William Shakespeare’s Othello, starring Tony Award and Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington, and Tony Award and Academy Award-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal. Christen has also been awarded top honors from the Drama League, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. 

Christen is a proud Board Member of NYC’s Signature Theatre, and has received honors from the U.S. Army, Howard University, American Cancer Society, and her alma mater, Seton Hall University. She has been featured in ESSENCE Magazine and The New York Times, and appeared on FOX, CBS, and Paramount Networks.

Jason Goldman has gained prominence as a saxophonist, composer, producer, and songwriter in the fields of popular music and jazz. He was selected by multi-GRAMMY winning producer and songwriter David Foster to be the featured saxophone soloist for Michael Bublé. Goldman has toured extensively with Bublé and has arrangements on three of Bublé’s multi-platinum selling records, solidifying himself as a top tier, in-demand writer and musician.

Lee Dannay is Head of A&R at Thirty Tigers, a premier independent label services company renowned for its innovative approach to marketing, distribution, and creative development. With over three decades of experience in A&R and music publishing, Lee has held senior executive roles at Columbia Records, Epic Records, and Warner/Chappell Music, where her visionary leadership played a pivotal role in shaping the careers of celebrated artists such as John Mayer, Brandi Carlile, Train, and Moby. Today, she continues to champion artistic excellence, working with an esteemed roster that includes Corinne Bailey Rae, Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, Bruce Hornsby, Béla Fleck, and Taj Mahal.

A passionate advocate for the creative community, Lee currently serves as President of the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy. Beyond her industry leadership, she is deeply committed to philanthropy and education, actively contributing to organizations such as Musicians on Call and mentoring emerging talent through She Is the Music and Grammy U. She also serves on the boards of We Are Moving the Needle, Music Will, and the Cornell Media Guild. Dedicated to fostering the next generation of music industry professionals, Lee frequently speaks at top academic institutions and music programs, including Berklee College of Music, the University of Michigan, Hofstra University, and Northeastern, and imparts her expertise as an adjunct professor at NYU’s prestigious Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

Based in New York City, Tiger Darrow is an award-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Beginning her career as a classically trained cellist, Tiger crafts her songs with intricate string arrangements and distorted beats, fusing the aggressive with the delicate. The Dark-Alt pop singer draws inspiration from St. Vincent, Ethan Gruska, and Julia Wolf. Her production credits include Dezi’s “Chaos Mode” and Rachel Bochner’s “Ghosted My Therapist,” both of which gained recognition on TikTok and together have accrued over 10 million streams on Spotify. As a vocalist and cellist, Darrow has been featured in dozens of artists’ music, including Kanye West, Durand Jones & The Indications, Alexander Stewart, L’Rain, Alex Warren, Maddie Zahm, Jordy, Will Jay, and more. Her voice and music have also been featured in a variety of soundtracks and commercials such as Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, Spy Kids 5: Armageddon, Red 11, and Cathy Yan's award-winning Dead Pigs. Opening for artists such as Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, The Eagles, and Erykah Badu, Darrow also performed as a sideman for Cautious Clay, Laufey, Durand Jones & The Indications, Lauv, Rachel Platten, Zack Villere, Camille Trust, and Wakey Wakey.

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