Event

SAE Music Business Culminating Project Presents The Cultural Impact Awards

SAE Institute Chicagos Music Business Department presents the 1st Annual Cultural Impact Awards on May 2, 2017 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the beautiful Piano Forte located at 1335 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago IL. This Awards Ceremony is to honor those who have made cultural impacts in communities throughout Chicago, and to raise funds for charities Guitars Over Guns and The Tatisa Joiner Foundation(Breast Cancer Awareness).

These honorees in our opinion are pioneers who have made significant contributions to our communities, mentoring the youth, nurturing talent, and championing the Chicago Music Scene. This is our opportunity to recognize some of the people making the entertainment industry in Chicago thrive, they inspire us as we begin our journey.

Honorees include Mary Datcher of Global Mixx Music & Film Forum now in its 11th year, Record store pioneer/entrepreneur George Daniels, Grammy Award winning engineer James Auwarter (one GRAMMY® Award and 31 credited GRAMMY® nominations. Musical genres from Hip-Hop to Gospel), BAM Music Director of Power 92 Chicago, Eddie Sanders Esq/Freshly Baked Records, Kevin Coval (Poet, Mentor and Author), ADD-2(Legendary MC and Mentor) and Wally Lockard III of Urban Grind T.V. Performances will include a live acoustic set from Andrew Demuro finalist from NBCs The Voice and his trio The Shades, Vesper and Kaula.

Come out and enjoy this wonderful occasion celebrating over 50 years of experience in the Chicago Music Industry.