St. Francis Teen Selected for GRAMMY Camp

The GRAMMY Foundation has chosen one Bay Area teen from St. Francis High School among that 136 high school students for the eighth annual GRAMMY Camp program.

Wyatt Giampa, a junior from Portola Valley, was among hundreds in 116 cities and 32 states competing to be participants in the foundation's music industry camp for talented high school students in three locations—New York, Los Angeles and Nashville.

Giampa, who also DJs under the name, DJ G.WAWA, will participate in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. The camp will be held from July 14–23, and Giampa will be in the electronic music production track.

The Foundation's other two camps are in Nashville from June 17–24 at Black River Entertainment and in New York from Aug. 6–13 at Converse Rubber Tracks.

"GRAMMY Camp is one of our most immersive programs in terms of exposing young people to what it's like to have an actual working career in the music business, and the opportunity to receive instruction directly from GRAMMY-winning artists and industry professionals instills knowledge, confidence and lasting lessons in students," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation.

Applications for GRAMMY Camp 2013 are currently online at www.grammyintheschools.com and the deadline is March 31, 2013. Financial aid is available and approximately 75 percent of GRAMMY Camp participants who have applied for financial aid have received assistance.

"When you combine the energy and passion of high school students with the creative guidance of music professionals, a little bit of magic always happens," said Kristen Madsen, Sr. Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation. "The end product is lots of remarkable new music, strong new relationships, and tremendous growth in every student." 

The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals.

This GRAMMY in the Schools program is supported in part by Best Buy, Black River Entertainment, Converse, and Guitar Center.