Jessica Faith, a freshman music industry studies major from Monticello, Arkansas, recently represented the Delta Music Institute (DMI) at Delta State University as a featured performer at this year\u2019s GRAMMY U Kickoff event in Memphis. The event featured music and entertainment industry students from regional colleges and universities and was held on the campus of Rhodes College in Memphis.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite an honor to have been chosen to perform at this event. I\u2019m happy to have this kind of opportunity to perform my music for other GRAMMY U students,\u201d says Faith.<\/p>\n
Faith created her first album, “Wallflower,” at the Delta Music Institute during her senior year in high school. She planned and completed a senior songwriting project called The Anatomy Of An Album: From Start to Finish, <\/i>experiencing every aspect of making an album, including songwriting, production, and recording, working with professional studio musicians, producers, and engineers. She performed several of her original songs at the GRAMMY U event.<\/p>\n
The GRAMMY University Network (GRAMMY U) is a unique and fast-growing community of college students who are pursuing a career in the music industry. The Recording Academy\u00ae created <\/b>GRAMMY U to help prepare students for careers in the recording industry through networking, educational programs and performance opportunities.<\/p>\n
The Delta Music Institute is an independent center of study under the College of Arts and Sciences at Delta State University, offering a B.S. degree in Music Industry Studies. The focus of the DMI is to provide students with a broad and thorough education in the technological, creative, and business areas of the music and entertainment industry. For information, contact (662) 846-4579 or visit http:\/\/dmi.deltastate.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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