Does your school deserve a GRAMMY? And a little bit of cash for your music programs to go along with it?
If your school has a totally great music program with a fantastic music teacher or two thrown in -- it does. Or if you are keeping music classes in your school despite that fact that you barely have a budget for sheet music much less instruments – it does.
GRAMMY Signature School awards are given to high school music programs that are keeping music programs alive and well despite budgets and school politics. Each school gets a GRAMMY Award and a cash prize of up to $10,000. Schools compete in different categories based on excellence or need.
We have GRAMMY Signature Schools from every size city and town across the country.
The 2012 GRAMMY Signature Schools Semifinalists have been anounced - CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST. To view the supplemental materials instructions click here
The 2012 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award Semifinalists have also been anounced - CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST. To view the supplemental materials instructions for the Enterprise Award click here
Click here for the 2011 GRAMMY Signature Schools Award Winners:
2011 National GRAMMY Signature School ($15,000)
Highest-ranking Signature Schools recipient- Pioneer High School — Ann Arbor, MI
2011 GRAMMY Signature Schools Gold ($5,500 each)
Recognizes quality string, wind/percussion, & choral performance ensembles- Allen High School — Allen, TX
- David Douglas High School — Portland, OR
- Flower Mound High School — Flower Mound, TX
- Neuqua Valley High School — Naperville, IL
- Plano West Senior High School — Plano, TX
- Waubonsie High School — Aurora, IL
2011 GRAMMY Signature Schools ($2,500 each)
Recognizes excellent performance ensembles & high quality instruction- Davis Senior High School — Davis, CA
- Marin School of the Arts at Novato High — Novato, CA
2011 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award ($5,500 each)
Based primarily on financial need- Allendale High School — Allendale, MI
- Arizona School for the Arts — Phoenix, AZ
- Bessemer City High School — Bessemer City, NC
- Bladensburg High School — Bladensburg, MD
- Boston Arts Academy — Boston, MA
- Canyon Crest Academy — San Diego, CA
- City Neighbors High School — Baltimore, MD
- Claude High School — Claude, TX
- Eminence R-1 High School — Eminence, MO
- Emmerich Manual High School — Indianapolis, IN
- Glencliff High School — Nashville, TN
- Hamilton High School Academy of Music — Los Angeles, CA
- Honoka’a High School — Honoka’a, HI
- Iroquois High School — Louisville, KY
- J. Graham Brown School — Louisville, KY
- Madison High School — Madison, NY
- Mariposa County High School — Mariposa, CA
- Middletown High School — Middletown, MD
- Perry-Lecompton High School — Perry, KS
- Rocky Mountain High School — Fort Collins, CO
- Santee Education Complex — Los Angeles, CA
- Scotts Valley High — Scotts Valley, CA
- South Albany High School — Albany, OR
- Springville High School — Springville, IA
- Stewartville High School — Stewartville, MN
- The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts — New Orleans, LA
- Unity High School — Mendon, IL
And the application is so simple it’s ridiculous.
No – wait. Here’s something really ridiculous: NOT filling out the app, and NOT getting really easy money, and NOT getting a GRAMMY for your school.
Don’t be ridiculous. Click Apply now and see what we mean.
"Your GRAMMY Signature Schools program is much needed for the betterment of school music programs across the country as well as for the very survival of other music programs. Cuts are being considered in our state and school district, and with this award, the move to make cuts in the music program will be very difficult. As you can imagine, our parents and community are very excited more now than ever, and they have more substance with which to fight any pending cuts. This is all because of you and the GRAMMY Signature Schools program."
— 2006 National GRAMMY Signature School Ann Arbor, Mich.
