Opportunity in Music: Grammy Camp 2010 – Deadline March 31st
Here’s a great opportunity for high school students with a passion for music. GRAMMY Camp, sponsored by the Grammy Foundation, is now accepting applications for summer 2010. The program is a ten-day residential camp that focuses on the music industry, held at the University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles.
GRAMMY Camp offers students the opportunity to work with GRAMMY-winning and -nominated professionals and industry specialists affiliated with The Recording Academy over a number of music industry career tracks. Over the past three years, approximately 70 percent of campers who applied for financial aid received assistance to this immersive, interactive and highly collaborative residential summer music camp. GRAMMY Camp is sponsored in part by Converse and Epiphone. At GRAMMY Camp, you’ll work, learn, and play with top music professionals from across the industry to kick your music career into high gear:
Musicians – Producers – Engineers – Music Journalists
Singer/Songwriters – Concert Promoters
The final application deadline is March 31, 2010, and for the first time applicants can submit their video essay and audition videos online at www.mystudio.net. Applicants in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Ariz., can also record their application videos free of charge at MyStudio locations in those cities.
To apply CLICK HERE or visit http://www.grammyintheschools.com for more information, and for photos and blogs from previous years. Financial assistance is available; for questions call (800) 423-2017 ext. 8682 or email grammycamp@grammy.com.
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Opportunity: Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Award Program & Conferences
Here’s a great entrepreneurship opportunity for girls, the Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Award Program. The contest is giving grants to girls who have creative business ideas. Visit http://www.girlsgoingplaces.com for more information, to see last years winners and to download an application.
Thanks to teen business coach Shonika Proctor from the Teen Entrepreneurship Blog for the heads up!
Description From the Website:
The Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Program is celebrating its prestigious 10th anniversary by opening its 2010 award program for entries.
Deadline: February 26, 2010. Submissions received after the deadline date will be entered in the 2011 competition.
See below for more info on the contest and local area conferences:
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Steve Harvey Seeking Students for Disney’s Dreamers Academy
Steve Harvey is looking for 100 students to take part in Disney’s Dreamers Academy (application deadline, Friday, October 2, 2009). The program “takes creative and imaginative teens from across the country & immerses them in a mind-blowing, life-changing experience they’ll never forget. The teens will have hands-on experience with Disney Cast Members, executives and celebrity guests, who all share their blueprints for success. For more information and to apply, go to www.steveharvey.com/disneysdreamersacademy.
Want to meet the 2009 Dreamers? Click here to read their profiles.
Check out this overview video of the program:
Harvey talks about the program and why he started it:
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Do Something After School Grants
School is back in session, but sometimes it’s what students do after school that makes the biggest impact on their life. Do Something and JCPenney have teamed up to support youth-led after school programs and projects across the country.
How much: 10 $500 grants and 5 grand prize $1,000 grants. Each winner will also receive a limited-edition Flirtitude Tote.
Deadline: September 15th
Types of projects this grant funds: Projects started by young people who are providing after school activities that help youth in their community.
To apply visit: http://www.dosomething.org/grants/afterschool
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Become a Nike Field Reporter – Contest Deadline June 15, 2009
Nike is looking for their next Field Reporter, a young woman who will get the opportunity to travel across the country and interview some of the biggest athletes in the game. Check out Nike’s description of the contest below:
Who Were Lookin For
One lucky lady between 18-24 whos sassy, smart and sports savvy. If you’re in the know and on the go, its time to take your shot at being the first-ever Nike Field Reporter.Whats a Field Reporter?
If you think you have what it takes to volley one-liners with Maria Sharapova, kick it with Mia Hamm, and Q&A over cappuccinos with Serena Williams, this is your dream job.As the Nike Field Reporter, you’ll jetset around the country on Nike’s dime talking to athletes, artists and culture makers. You’ll report back in the form of photos, videos and blog entries.
You have to be ready for anything and anyone. As this is being written, the current Nike Field Reporter is spending a few days just hanging out with Kobe Bryant.
Think you could keep up? Remember this isn’t a job for the camera shy. Or the easily intimidated. You’ll need to show us you can talk a good game, as well as play one. Make us laugh. Impress us with your quick wit and storytelling. Prove to us you are Nike’s next star in a 2-minute audition video and sample blog post.
Check out the Nike site for more information and to apply.
You can visit the current Field Reporter’s blog here. Check out these videos of the first Nike Field Reporter, and the promotion video for the contest:
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