Grammy Nominations for Schulich alumni and professors
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the听59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Included in this list were several听nominees from Schulich. 听
Sound Recording听Graduate听Nick Squire,听MMus'08,听is听nominated for听Best Engineered Album, Classical:听Shostakovich:听Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 鈥� Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) and also听Best Orchestral Field:听Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 鈥� Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) -听Nick Squire, engineer. 听Nominated in the category听Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Fitelberg: Chamber Works 鈥斕鼳RC Ensemble- Carl Talbot, 听BMus鈥�91, MMus鈥�93, 听recording engineer.
Darcy James Argue's听group听Secret Society is nominated听for听Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:听Real Enemies. Performers include听Darcy James Argue, BMus'97, piano听and听Mike Fahie, BMus'98, trombone.
Other nominations with Schulich connections include in the category Best Choral Performance: 听Steinberg: Passion Week 鈥� Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)听听- produced by Sound Recording Professor Martha De Francisco, 听and mastered by James Clemens-Seely, MMus'10, with performance by Esteli Gomez, MMus'11,听and听in the category听Best Classical Instrumental Solo:听Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 鈥� Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony) recorded by Sound Recording Professor Richard King. 听In addition, singer Philippe Sly, BMus'11, sings the role of Antonio in听Mozart's Le Nozzi di Figaro, directed by Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin, nominated in the Best Opera Recording category.
The GRAMMY awards are voted on by The Recording Academy's Voting membership, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers. Final-round GRAMMY ballots will be mailed Dec. 14 and are due Jan. 13, 2017, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the 59th GRAMMY Awards telecast.
The Recording Academy will present the 59th GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
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