UNDER EMBARGO Media Advisory: 2019 CCMA Award Nominee Lindsay Ell to Join MusiCounts To Surprise Calgary School
**The below information has not been publicly shared and is under strict embargo until 10:00 a.m. MST September 5, 2019**
CALGARY, AB – On Thursday, September 5, four-time 2019 Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA®) Award nominee and Calgary native Lindsay Ell, will join Canada’s leading music education charity, MusiCounts, to celebrate the $15,000 instrument grant that Father Scollen School in Calgary received via the MusiCounts Band Aid Program. To kick off Country Music Week 2019, Lindsay Ell will surprise students with a special performance and acknowledge the CCMA’s generous support of MusiCounts.
The MusiCounts Band Aid Program awards musical instruments and equipment to schools who need them most. In 2019, 96 schools across Canada received $1 million in instruments and equipment. Since 2013, the CCMA has been a significant supporter of MusiCounts, and this year $1 per ticket from the CCMA Awards broadcast on September 8 will be donated to MusiCounts.
| Date: | Thursday, September 5, 2019 |
| Where: | Father Scollen School |
| Time: | Media Check In: 9:40 a.m. |
| In Attendance: | Lindsay Ell, 2019 CCMA Award nominee |
| RSVP / Onsite Contact: | Samantha Pickard |
About Lindsay Ell
Lauded as “one of the most exciting and talented young artists in Country Music” (Forbes), Lindsay Ell is a triple threat: accomplished musician, unique vocalist and songwriter. The multi-instrumentalist has toured alongside the likes of Luke Bryan, Buddy Guy, Brad Paisley, Sugarland and Keith Urban. Ell’s first full-length album The Project debuted at No. 1 on the Nielsen Soundscan Country Albums Chart and was named Billboard’s Best Country Album of 2017. Her single “Criminal” was the most added song at U.S. Country radio upon impact and became her first-ever Top 20 hit in the U.S., in addition to becoming her first No. 1 single on the Canadian Country radio charts. The four-time 2019 CCMA nominee’s latest song, a duet with Brantley Gilbert, “What Happens in a Small Town” is the first single off Gilbert’s latest album. It’s currently sitting top 15 and climbing at radio.
For more information visit: www.LindsayEll.com.
About the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA)
Established in 1976, the CCMA is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization committed to the promotion and recognition of Canadian country music. Built upon the foundation to educate, elevate and celebrate Canadian talent, the CCMA progressively heralds the spirit, community and creativity that country music fosters through year-round initiatives, culminating every fall with Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Sponsors of Country Music Week and the 2019 CCMA Awards Show include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund”, Radio Starmaker, the Government of Alberta, The City of Calgary and Tourism Calgary.
About MusiCounts
MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity associated with CARAS and the JUNO Awards is keeping music alive in schools and communities across Canada by putting musical instruments into the hands of children that need them most. MusiCounts' mission is to ensure that youth in Canada have access to music programs through their schools and communities. MusiCounts celebrates musical excellence and achieves its mission through its Band Aid Program, the MusiCounts TD Community Music Program, the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award, Scholarships and other music education initiatives.
MusiCounts is funded by many of Canada's most dedicated individuals and corporate citizens including and especially The Leadership Circle, TD Bank Group, Bell Media, SiriusXM Canada, the Slaight Family Foundation, Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, and The London JUNO Host Committee. MusiCounts has been supported since inception by Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., Universal Music Canada, Warner Music Canada Ltd., JUNO Songwriters' Circle and JUNO Cup. MusiCounts was established in 1997, and has awarded over $12,000,000 in support of music education in Canada. These funds have benefitted 1,200 schools and communities, supported nearly 400 post-secondary music program graduates, and honoured 14 extraordinary music teachers and three MusiCounts ambassadors.
www.musicounts.ca
