For most of the world, the GRAMMY Awards are a three-hour television event filled with acceptance speeches and high-gloss performances. But for our Alumni and Career Development team this year, the 2026 GRAMMYs weren’t just watched, they were lived.
Over the course of a transformative week in Downtown Los Angeles, we stepped past the velvet ropes and inside the engine room of music’s biggest night. What we found was an ecosystem buzzing with technology, culture, and a profound realization: the gap between “aspiring creative” and “industry professional” is smaller than it looks.
Here is an inside look at a week that shifted our perspective from spectators to future participants.