THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION® ANNOUNCES

THE 2010 GRAMMY® SIGNATURE SCHOOLS

Presented By Gibson Foundation With Support From The Ford Motor Company Fund $1,000 – $5,000

Grants Awarded To Top U.S. Public High Schools For Music Excellence

Six Enterprise Awards Granted This Year To Economically Underserved Schools

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (March 25, 2010) — The GRAMMY Foundation® (www.grammy.com/grammyfoundation) today announced that 12 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY® Signature Schools (www.grammyintheschools.com)

for 2010. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. GRAMMY Signature Schools is presented by the Gibson Foundation with support from the Ford Motor Company Fund.

“Our commitment to fostering and rewarding excellence in music education at public high schools around the country has never been more important,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy® and the GRAMMY Foundation. “In fact it’s a cornerstone of the GRAMMY Foundation’s mission. Throughout the academic year, these schools and their teachers work to share the positive power of music with their students, and the resources we provide through our GRAMMY Signature Schools program strengthen their efforts. Many of these schools face serious financial burdens, so we are very pleased to announce six Enterprise Awards again this year. We truly appreciate the continued support of the Gibson Foundation and the Ford Motor Company Fund to help make this program a success.”

Each of the 12 GRAMMY Signature Schools will receive a custom award and a monetary grant to benefit its music program. The top three are designated Gold recipients. The best of the Gold recipients is designated the National GRAMMY Signature School. The National GRAMMY Signature School will receive $5,000, and the two remaining Gold schools each will also receive $5,000. In the Enterprise Award category, which recognizes efforts made by schools that are economically underserved, six schools will receive a grant of $5,000 each. The remaining three GRAMMY Signature Schools recipients will receive a grant award of $1,000 to benefit their music programs. The recipients are determined by the Blue Ribbon Committee, a panel of top music educators and professionals.

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, Fla., is the 2010 National GRAMMY Signature School. Schools awarded Gold status are Las Vegas International Academy of Performing and Visual Arts in Las Vegas and Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. The GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award recipients are Centennial High School, Roswell, Ga.; Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles; Newark High School, Newark, Del.; Roosevelt High School, Seattle; Taft High School, Woodland Hills, Calif.; and Thomas Jefferson High School Fine Arts Magnet Academy, San Antonio. The GRAMMY Signature Schools are Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, Texas; Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, Texas; and North Allegheny Senior High School, Wexford, Pa.

The selection process for GRAMMY Signature Schools begins each year in September when the GRAMMY Foundation mails notification to more than 20,000 public high schools from districts large and small, urban, suburban and rural, requesting information about each school’s music program. Applications are completed and submitted online in October at

www.grammyintheschools.com. After the applications are scored, finalists are identified and asked to submit additional documentation, such as recordings of school concerts, sample concert programs and repertoire, which is then reviewed by an independent screening committee to determine the schools that merit Signature School status.

• James Miley – Willamette University/ Composer/Pianist
• Jeff Jarvis – Kendor Publisher/ Cal State Long Beach Director of Jazz
• Corey Christainsen – Indiana University/ Utah State/ World Class Guitarist
• Dave Pietro – NYU Faculty/ Lead Alto Player for Maria Shneider

2009

• Tom Scott – Grammy award winning Saxophonist
• Carl Allen – Drummer and Director of Julliard Jazz
• James Burton – Trombonist and Snow College Jazz Director
• Dave Loeb – Director of UNLV’s Jazz Department
• Larry Engstrom – Director of UNR’s Fine Arts Department
• Bob Sheppard – LA session Saxophonist and USC faculty
• James Miley – Composer
• Steve Roach – UC Sac State Director of Jazz
• Peter Epstein – UNR’s Saxophone Instructor
• Nathan Tanouye – Composer
• Dick McGee – Trombonist and CSN’s Fine Arts Director

2008

• Ndugu Chancler – Drummer for Michael Jackson and USC’s faculty
• Mike Tomaro – Composer and Saxophonist Duquenne University Jazz Director
• UNR’s The Collective
• Bruce Paulson – UNLV Jazz faculty and Johnny Carson Show Trombonist
• Joe Lano – Guitar great and UNLV faculty
• Rob Tapper – Eastern Washington’s Director of Jazz
• Greg Carroll – Educator and Vibraphonist
• Willy Hill – University of Mass. Director of Fine Arts
• Marlena Shaw – World Famous Jazz Vocalist
• Terry O’Mahoney – Percussionist and Instructor St. Xavier University

2007

• Chris Potter – Legendary Saxophonist
• Nat Reeves – Bassist and Instructor at the Hartt School of Music
• Miles Osland – Saxophonist and University of Kentucky Jazz Director
• Pepe Jimeniz – Drummer
• Rudy Regalados – Percussionist for Aretha Franklin

2006

• Randy Brecker – Grammy award winning Trumpet Artist
• Don Menza – Award winning composer and arranger
• James Campbell – Percussionist and Director of Percussion University of Kentucky
• Louie Bellson – Legendary Drummer

Auditions for 2011-2012 School Year will be announced soon.

For more information about Auditions for the  2011-2012 school year, call 799-7800, ext.4202 .

Please read the following instructions regarding the audition music and criteria.

1. Brass, Winds, Guitar, Bass, and Piano memorize all TWELVE of the major scales at a TEMPO of quarter note equals 144 beats per minute. Play a chromatic scale at a TEMPO of quarter note equals 120 beats per minute in a 8th note triplet fashion.

2. Winds, Brass, Guitar, and Piano perform a standard jazz piece and solo over two chouses of changes or use the LVA Optional Jazz Audition on this web site.
or
3. Perform a jazz trascription of a major performer with the head and two choruses of solos.

a. Rhythm Section players will be asked to demonstrate various latin, jazz, and afro-cuban styles.
b. Drummers will be asked to trade fours and demonstrate a knowledge in brushes.

4. The audition will also include sight reading.

Received his Bachelors degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL and a Masters of Music in Saxophone Performance and Literature from the University of Notre Dame. As an undergraduate he studied classical saxophone with Jim Kasprzk and jazz with Mike Pendowski. While attending Notre Dame, he instructed the saxophone studio, clarinet ensembles, and the second jazz band. Also, he toured New Zealand and Australia with the Notre Dame Wind Ensemble, performing as a featured soloist in the Sydney Opera House. In addition to teaching, Logan is a published composer, writing music for a variety of ensembles. Currently, Logan directs band at the Las Vegas Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada where he teaches band, jazz band and music theory.

Has been the Percussion Instructor at the Las Vegas Academy since 1994, where the Percussion Ensemble or soloists have won the Nevada All State Command Performance numerous times.  Mr. Bowen is in his ninth year at the Academy where he teaches full-time the World Jazz Studies area and Chamber Ensembles.  He was the percussionist for the hit Broadway show “Mamma Mia” at the Mandalay Bay Resort and is presently the Principal Percussionist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the Hartt School of Music (Cum Laude), a Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Montana, and a Teaching Certificate from UNLV.

Jazz Bands at the Las Vegas Academy have won “Best in State” at every Reno Jazz Festival in attendance, Downbeats “Outstanding Big Band” and “Best Combo” awards, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festivals “Overall Winner” and first places in the big band and combo divisions, Monterey Jazz Festival finalist, Monterey’s 51st Jazz Festival participant, “Superior’ ratings at CCSD Jazz Festivals, 2009 Midwest invitation, and the fine arts area were six time winners of the Signature Gold Grammy Award, and two Signature Grammy Awards. Mr. Bowen housed the IAJE Teachers Training Institute and was invited to the IAJE Conference in Long Beach, California.

Mr. Bowen has been a guest soloist with the Hartt Symphony, Henderson Civic Orchestra, and UNLV Percussion Ensemble.  Mr. Bowen has performed with the Nevada Symphony Orchestra, Nevada Dance Theater Orchestra, Mahler Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, New Britain Symphony, Las Vegas Pops, Nevada Wind Ensemble, Nevada Opera Theater, and the Missoula Symphony Orchestra.  He has extensive ensemble experience premiering works at the Columbia New Music Festival, Yale University New Music Festival, and the Saratoga Springs Festival.

He has been the Dance Accompanist at UNLV accompanying such choreographers as Gus Solomans, Jr., Loretta Livingston, Marcus Alford, Walter Nicks, Judith Moss, Sam Watson, Billy Siegenfield, and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.  He has also played with Celine Dion, Elton John, Clint Black, Sheila E, Wynonna Judd, Lionel Richie, Dudley Moore, Boyz II Men, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Olete Adams, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Don Henley, Tim McGraw, Brian McKnight, Andre Bocelli and David Foster.

Mr. Bowen has served as the President of the Percussive Arts Society for the State of Nevada.  He has also published Snares and Sets: A Book of Duets, and Temple: A Timpani Concerto for Timpani and Percussion Ensemble. He has written articles for the Percussive Arts Society and many of his original works have been recorded.

Patrick Bowen is a proud sponsor of Bosphorus Cymbals, Grover Pro Percussion, and Silverfoxx mallets and sticks.