The ASCAP Foundation was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive a Summer Schools in the Arts Grant for the 2005 Summer Music Camp at Manhattan School of Music. The National Endowment for the Arts believes that a great nation deserves great art, and this initiative is designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of summer arts education programs for youth based on rigorous, standards-based curriculum and instruction. The NEA grant was matched by The ASCAP Foundation to support the 2005 Summer Music Camp, which served musically talented New York City public school students, grades 5 through 8, from throughout the 5 boroughs by providing intensive, free-of-charge musical training and performance experience that would not otherwise have been available to them. This summer marked the sixth year of operation for the Camp. The 2005 Summer Music Camp was also sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and Manhattan School of Music, with a special grant from the Altman Foundation.
See the National Endowment for the Arts Press Release for 2005 Summer Schools in the Arts Grants | 
