

Said Tranter: “Not only will this give students an amazing way to make music, but it also creates a very employable skill – engineering – for students going to The Academy.” “As aspiring technicians and producers, students will learn how to use modern production tools - alongside The Academy’s significant hardware and microphone collection - to record, edit, mix and master original music,” Patera said. As aspiring writers, students will explore contemporary techniques in songwriting and composition.

The class is for selected Music Department students seeking to develop creative and technical production skills in the Justin Tranter Recording Studio. Patera said the gift also will fund a part-time teacher to lead an elective class that will debut this fall: Contemporary Writing and Production.

“Through this gift, he will no doubt be inspiring an entire generation of Academy students to do the same.” “Justin has used his voice to not only bring joy to millions of people through his songwriting, but to act as a powerful advocate and social activist,” Patera said. Chicago Ave., and will feature students demonstrating the new studio’s capabilities and a performance from Tranter.

“I always wanted to do something like this and to do it at the high school that saved my life is the best thing that could ever happen,” said Tranter, who has written mega-hit songs for Justin Bieber, Imagine Dragons, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park, Julia Michaels and Maroon 5, in addition to numerous others.Īn official ribbon cutting event will take place on Sept. Tranter, who was named “Songwriter of the Year” at the 2018 BMI Pop Music Awards and has been nominated for Golden Globe and Grammy awards, said helping The Academy is “a dream come true.” Tranter’s donation to his alma mater, The Chicago Academy for the Arts, is funding a state-of-the-art recording facility – The Justin Tranter Recording Studio – inside the school and the hiring of a part-time teacher for the next three years, according to Head of School Jason Patera. One of the world’s most famous songwriters, Justin Tranter, is thanking the school that saved his life in a monumental way.
