The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing announced that it is teaming up with the Recording Academy Songwriters & Composers Wing at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles for the first-ever “A Celebration of Craft” honoring Leslie Ann Jones, a seven-time GRAMMY winner and the first woman chair of the Recording Academy’s board of trustees (1999-2001), who has spent over 40 years as a recording/mixing engineer and producer.
The event, slated for Wednesday, January 31, will also salute the year-round work of the Producers & Engineers and Songwriters & Composers Wings and focus on the people working behind the scenes to create the year’s best musical works – including this year’s Songwriter Of The Year nominees.
“I’m so excited for our Producers & Engineers and Songwriters & Composers Wings to come together for ‘A Celebration of Craft’ later this month,” says Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “Both Wings are a critical part of our mission at the Recording Academy to create spaces for music creators to thrive, and I look forward to joining with music people from both of these communities to kick off our GRAMMY Week celebrations.”
“From her decades-spanning recording career to her work as former chair of the Recording Academy’s board of trustees, a co-chair of the P&E Wing, and much more, Leslie Ann Jones has always been committed to the music community and to excellence in recording,” adds Maureen Droney, vice president of the Producers & Engineers Wing. “It’s a privilege to convene our national network of creatives and technicians to salute her at A Celebration of Craft with the Songwriters & Composers Wing, an essential collaborator in our effort to recognize the people behind the music.”
“A Celebration of Craft” will take place just days before the Recording Academy will honor the Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical Categories in the general field of the GRAMMY Awards for the first time at the 66th GRAMMYs. The Recording Academy announced these additions in June 2023 after they were voted on and passed by the Recording Academy’s board of trustees in May 2023; relocating these categories allows all GRAMMY voters to participate in the voting process for these non-genre-specific categories and recognize excellence in the important fields of producing and songwriting.
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