CCC&TI Music Program Director Receives Grant

HUDSON, NC (November 21, 2016)…Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Associate of Fine Arts-Music Program Director Justin Butler has been awarded a Regional Artist Project Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Butler was one of just a few regional artists to be awarded the grant which will help him improve and upgrade his studio equipment with the purpose of publishing his original compositions and songs. Butler says the funds will allow him to purchase new high-end microphones and other equipment to aid him in producing high-quality audio recordings to submit to talent buyers, to license to film and television production companies and for distribution to retail outlets.

Butler says that his studio and equipment has been of benefit to CCC&TI AFA-Music Program students, as well. “My recording studio has previously been used to record auditions for graduating AFA Music students transferring to 4 year music programs,” said Butler “as well as providing a location for out of class professional development experiences for students who have completed the “Business of Music” course and who are interested in becoming studio engineers.”

Butler is one of 8 grantees in Caldwell, Burke and Catawba counties to receive the Regional Artist Project Grant. The program is funded by the North Carolina Arts Council, the United Arts Council of Catawba County, the Caldwell Arts Council, the Hiddenite Center of Alexander County, the Rock School Art Foundation in Burke County, the Burke Arts Council, and the McDowell Arts Council Association.

CCC&TI congratulates Justin Butler on receiving this grant.

For more information about CCC&TI’s AFA-Music Program, call 828-726-2200 or visit www.cccti.edu.