Grammy Museum Awards $200k For Music Research, Sound Preservation

The Grammy Museum

The GRAMMY MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAM has awarded $200,000 in grants to 14 recipients in the U.S. to facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs.

Research projects include a study that will investigate the effects of group singing therapy on people with PARKINSON'S disease, a study that examines the effects of household sounds on infants and their development, and more. Preservation and archiving initiatives will evaluate the sound collections of the FORT SILL CHIRICAHUA/WARM SPRINGS APACHE tribe, digitize traditional YIDDISM folk recordings, preserve carillon music, and more. 

"The RECORDING ACADEMY is proud to support our GRAMMY MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAM and its important work," THE RECORDING ACADEMY Pres./CEO NEIL PORTNOW, Chair of the GRAMMY MUSEUM Board, said. "To date, we have awarded more than $7 million to nearly 400 initiatives that explore the intersection of music and science for the benefit of the general public, and safeguard our musical heritage for present and future generations. The compelling and far-reaching endeavors represented by our 2017 grantees reflect a commitment to issues that RECORDING ACADEMY and GRAMMY MUSEUM members are passionate about: our goal to recognize and sustain the value of music in all of our lives."

The deadline each year for submitting letters of inquiry is OCT. 1st. Guidelines and the letter of inquiry form for the 2017 cycle are available at www.grammymuseum.org.

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