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Grammy Nominations for Schulich alumni and professors

Published: 6 December 2016

The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for theÌý59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Included in this list were severalÌýnominees from Schulich. Ìý

Sound RecordingÌýGraduateÌýNick Squire,ÌýMMus'08,ÌýisÌýnominated forÌýBest Engineered Album, Classical:ÌýShostakovich:ÌýUnder Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) and alsoÌýBest Orchestral Field:ÌýShostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) -ÌýNick Squire, engineer. ÌýNominated in the categoryÌýBest Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Fitelberg: Chamber Works —ÌýARC Ensemble- Carl Talbot, ÌýBMus’91, MMus’93, Ìýrecording engineer.

Darcy James Argue'sÌýgroupÌýSecret Society is nominatedÌýforÌýBest Large Jazz Ensemble Album:ÌýReal Enemies. Performers includeÌýDarcy James Argue, BMus'97, pianoÌýandÌýMike Fahie, BMus'98, trombone.

Other nominations with Schulich connections include in the category Best Choral Performance: ÌýSteinberg: Passion Week — Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)ÌýÌý- produced by Sound Recording Professor Martha De Francisco, Ìýand mastered by James Clemens-Seely, MMus'10, with performance by Esteli Gomez, MMus'11,ÌýandÌýin the categoryÌýBest Classical Instrumental Solo:ÌýAdams, J.: Scheherazade.2 — Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony) recorded by Sound Recording Professor Richard King. ÌýIn addition, singer Philippe Sly, BMus'11, sings the role of Antonio inÌýMozart's Le Nozzi di Figaro, directed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 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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