Bound for Brevard

Bound for Brevard
Taryn Melynn Downing of Transfer, Pa., has something in common with pianist Abbey Simon, soprano Deborah Voigt, conductor Keith Lockhart and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg -- Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Downing is one of 370 students to be accepted to Brevard's annual summer music program for high school, college and preprofessional musicians. More than 1,000 students applied. Simon, Voigt, Lockhart and Sonnenberg will be among guest artists who will work with students and give public performances during the seven-week Brevard Music Festival.
Festival art judging
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts will coordinate the juried art show at the Ellwood City Arts and Crafts Festival from July 4 to 7 in Ellwood City, Pa. Submissions may be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 22 and from noon to 4 p.m. June 23. Judging will be June 24. Call (724) 652-2882 for information.
Art camp for children
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- "We the People: A Celebration of American Achievement!" is the theme of the three-week Children's Summer Art Camp 2002 for children ages 3 to 12. It's sponsored by the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave., and the J. Howard Bruce Family.
Classes will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays from July 9 to 26. The cost for Hoyt members is $22.50 a week or $60 for all three weeks. For nonmembers, cost is $25 a week, or $67.50 for the three weeks. For information call (724) 652-2882.
Grammy expansion
Rappers and R & amp;B acts will have more chances to win Grammys next year, after The Recording Academy has voted to expand the categories to recognize the genres' growth.
Next year's Grammy awards, which return to New York after a four-year absence, will include a best contemporary R & amp;B album and a best urban/alternative performance for the first time.
It will also split the best rap solo vocal category into a best female rap solo vocal and best male rap solo vocal categories. The academy also created a search committee to find a new president, replacing Michael Greene.