Grammy Contributor Veronika Lee is a musician and writer living in New Orleans. A former casting director on films such as 'The Dark Knight Rises' and Paramount’s 'Teenage Mutant Turtles,' when she’s not writing about music or creating short stories, she’s writing about cinema. Her favorite bands will forever be Nirvana and Alcest and you can read her work in OffBeat, Backstage, Elite Daily, Antigravity, and Mental Floss. She currently teaches English at the University of New Orleans and her students are the biggest rockstars she knows. Follow her on Twitter and check out her music here.
The silver lining of two years of COVID-adjusted learning is that education via the internet has become more accessible than ever. Last year, the first ever GRAMMY In The Schools Fest (GITS) live streamed panels to ensure students all across the country had the ability to connect with music industry leaders and enhance their arts education from the comfort of…
March marks the 37th annual observation of Music in Our Schools Month, a celebration that recognizes the importance of music curriculum in the lives of students and music lovers. With the unprecedented changes to arts programs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic volatility, preserving music education has never been more crucial. Yet, funding and access to resources…
Propped up against a tabletop of cupcakes and pizza, laminated brochures from Berklee College of Music outline the importance of copywriting and licensing music material. Kids in masks wrap up auxiliary cords and swipe through drum loops on an iPad. A Baldwin M1 piano once owned by the legend Dr. John sparkles against swirling paisley carpets and foam soundproof padding.…
