The Recording AcademyA® Producers & Engineers WingA® will celebrate its sixth annual GRAMMYA® Week event, titled “An Evening of Jazz,” honoring 27-time GRAMMYA® winner and multi-talented music producer Quincy Jones and 18-time GRAMMY-winning engineer and producer Al Schmitt for their commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music. The invitation-only event will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at The Village Studios in West Los Angeles. GRAMMY Week culminates with the 55th Annual GRAMMY AwardsA® on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, airing live on the CBS Television Network, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Newly announced sponsors of the event from the Professional Audio and Musical Instrument market sectors include the following brands: ArgosyA® (
), Capital Bauer Insurance (
), DTSA® (
), Focusrite Novation (
,
), Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) (
), Guitar Center
, iZotope (
), Lurssen Mastering (
), OraStream (
), Sound Exchange (
), Vintage King (
) and Westlake Pro (
).
These brands join previously announced sponsors AvidA® (
), HARMANA® Professional brands (AKGA® Acoustics, JBLA® Professional and LexiconA®) (
), iriver (
), Iron Mountain (
), Music Marketing (
), PMC, Ltd. (
), Presonus (
), Shure Incorporated (
), and Ultimate Ears by Logitech (
).
“We could not hold our GRAMMY Week event, ‘An Evening of Jazz,’ without the contributions of our sponsor partners.” states Maureen Droney, Senior Executive Director of the P&E Wing. “The Producers & Engineers Wing provides a voice for the producers, engineers, remixers, manufacturers, technologists, and other related creative and technical professionals who work, often behind the scenes, in the recording field, and we’re glad our manufacturer partners support our efforts. We are looking forward to another spectacular GRAMMY Week event.”
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