This latest docket includes six new grantees, with a focus on organizations using music as a tool to drive social progress. First-time grantees include Atlanta Music Project,which provides tuition-free music training, performance opportunities, and college and career preparation to students in under-resourced Atlanta neighborhoods; Brooklyn Youth Sports Club’s VOICES (Vibrations Of Inner-City Excellence and Success), which helps Black and Latino youth express themselves through songwriting, performing, and sound engineering; Classical Pride, a music festival celebrating LGBTQAI+ composers and musicians across classical music; and Generator, the music development organization that ensures that artists, talent, and creative professionals across the North of England have the opportunities, connections, and support to build sustainable careers.
Len Blavatnik said: “We are honored to help talented people from all backgrounds turn potential into achievement.”
Music-Focused Grantees (new grantees noted with **):
- **Atlanta Music Project provides tuition-free music training, performance opportunities, and college and career preparation to students in under-resourced Atlanta neighborhoods
- Black Lives in Music uses data and insights to combat racism, campaign for equity, and empower Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse musicians to realize their aspirations in the UK music industry
- **Brooklyn Youth Sports Club’s VOICES (Vibrations Of Inner-City Excellence and Success) empowers Black and Latino youth to express themselves through songwriting, performing, and sound engineering
- **Classical Pride celebrates LGBTQAI+ composers and musicians across classical music through an international music festival
- **Generator ensures artists, talent, and creative professionals across the North of England have the opportunities, connections, and support to build sustainable careers
- Girls Make Beats provides music technology education, leadership development, and mentorship to girls ages 5 to 17
- The Hip Hop Museum celebrates hip hop culture and history, to preserve its legacy and inspire future generations
- Jazz Power Initiative offers free and low-cost opportunities for youth from ages 6 to 18 to immerse themselves in classic jazz repertoire through voice, piano, dance, and acting
Additional Grantees (new grantees noted with **):
- African Leadership Academy develops a powerful network of young leaders who work together to help accelerate Africa’s growth trajectory
- Civil Rights Corps challenges systemic injustice through civil rights litigation that liberates people from illegal jailing and wins compensation for the most vulnerable people in our society
- **Freedom Reads installs Freedom Libraries in the center of prison cellblocks to inspire conversation, education, imagination, and community
- JULIAN works to end caste systems in America through community organizing, policy change, and legal advocacy
- The Marshall Project seeks to create and sustain a more fair, effective, transparent, and humane justice system in the United States through journalism
- SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!, Inc. advances reproductive justice through grassroots organizing, advocacy, leadership development, and movement-building across Georgia and the U.S. South
- StopWatch uses research, litigation, and lived experiences to advocate for effective public safety practices
- Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute is celebrating five decades of advancing equity and racial justice for African descendant communities through arts, culture, and education
- **Global Black Economic Forum advances economic freedom for Black and marginalized communities worldwide through leadership development, conferences and summits, and policy advocacy and litigation
In a joint statement from Tom Deffee and Carol Crabtree at Solar Management: “We’re delighted to join forces with Concord. Sam’s creative world spans wide from electronic to orchestral composition, film scoring and everything in between, so finding a publishing partner with the global scale and artistic vision to match that was essential. Concord completely understands his ethos, and we’re excited to work closely with their teams on this next chapter.”
“It’s a privilege to be working with Sam & his highly respected managers Carol & Tom,” says Anna Carpenter, Senior Director International A&R at Concord Music Publishing. “Floating Points is an artist with ardent fans throughout the company, and we are all excited to experience what he creates over the forthcoming years.”
+ Vitalize Records, the independent label founded by Steff Agathis, has signed “Vanderpump Rules” star Natalie Maguire to a four-single debut EP deal. The project will be A&R’d by Justin Bieber’s longtime DJ and collaborator Tay James and produced and co-written by Harv (Bieber, Skrillex, Summer Walker, Post Malone). Maguire first built her career as an actress and television personality, with credits including Netflix’s “Insatiable,” “Fear Street Part One: 1994” and “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” She launched her music career earlier this year with debut single “Passenger,” followed by “Kiss Me While I Cry.”
+ Lighthouse Management + Media has signed actress and recording artist Liamani Segura, who stars in Disney’s “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland” and “Camp Rock 3,” out August 13.
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor has signed with United Talent Agency for global representation across live touring, filmed entertainment, digital media, theatre, brand partnerships, and more.
Trainor is managed by Nikola Barisic for Bond Artist Management and represented by Aaron Rosenberg for Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
+ Songwriter Phil Barton has announces a global publishing deal with BMG in partnership with Liz Rose Music, marking the next chapter in a career that has produced more than 900 songs.
“We couldn’t be happier to welcome Phil to BMG,” says BMG’s Amy Hendon Scott. “I’ve believed in Phil since the beginning, so getting the opportunity to work together again makes this partnership especially meaningful. Phil is the kind of songwriter every publisher hopes to work with. His songs are honest, memorable and beautifully crafted, but just as importantly, he’s someone artists love writing with. He brings curiosity, consistency and an incredible work ethic to every room, and we’re proud to partner with Liz Rose Music as we help champion the next chapter of his remarkable career.”
Giorgio D’Ambrosio, CEO of Amuse, said, “We’re seeing growing demand from labels and managements looking for an active, modern partner. Amuse combines a human approach and data with the scale only a distributor can offer. Mark and Tim bring more than 40 years of combined industry experience between them, and will be able to bring Amuse’s unique offering to artists and labels alike.”
