Students Reach For Their Dreams At First Annual GRAMMY Camp The first annual GRAMMY Camp launched on July 30, with 47 high school students from across the country converging at Citrus College in Los Angeles. This landmark event, sponsored by Shure and CenterStaging, with support from Epiphone, offered five curriculum tracks: audio engineering, film/TV scoring and arranging, music business, instrumental performance, and singer/songwriter performance. Students in the performance track were divided into two groups, each including a keyboard, bass and guitar player and a drummer. Students in the singer/songwriter track wrote and performed original songs, with the arrangements created by the performance track students. The music was then recorded to CD by the engineering students, who were also given the opportunity to learn live sound engineering first-hand during the closing showcase performance. David Foster leads a discussion on producing Photo: WireImage Music business students discussed a wide variety of career and industry issues and pitched the songs written during the week to music publishers. Finally, the film/TV scoring and arranging students had the opportunity to write original music for a one-minute clip of a major Fox Film release. The compositions were conducted by the Fox Orchestra, who recorded the students' original music and synched it to the film clip. Russell Ferrante gives one-on-one instruction to pianist Justin MoyPhoto: WireImage Each day featured question-and-answer sessions with industry professionals, one-on-one time in studio sessions, master classes and specialized clinics.This year's GRAMMY Camp gave high school students an opportunity to experience once-in-a-lifetime moments such as jamming with GRAMMY Award-winning artist Steve Vai, getting advice from GRAMMY Award-winning producers David Foster and Jimmy Jam, field trips to Capitol Records and the GRAMMY Awards headquarters, and a taping of Ryan Cabrera performing on MTV's Score. GRAMMY Camp concluded with a professionally produced showcase featuring live performances and taped highlights of all the camp participants' original works at CenterStaging in Burbank, Calif.