December 17, 2007
Grammy nods for Eastman musicians
hsnihur@esm.rochester.edu
The 50th annual Grammy Awards have brought repeat
nominations for several Eastman School faculty and alumnae. The awards will
be presented February 10 in Los Angeles.
The Ying Quartet, the school’s string
quartet-in-residence, is up for Best Chamber Music Performance for its
album Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets,
Souvenir De Florence. The album’s
producer, Judith Sherman, was nominated for Classical Producer of the Year.
The Ying Quartet, comprised of siblings Janet ’92E and Timothy
’91E (DMA), violin, David ’92 (DMA), cello, and Phillip
’92E (MM), viola, received a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Classical
Crossover Album for its work with the Turtle Island String Quartet on the
album 4 + Four.
Professor of Lute Paul O’Dette, who won a Grammy
in 1996 for a CD of Purcell songs with Sylvia McNair, was nominated for
Best Opera Recording for Lully:
Thésée. O’Dette also
received Grammy nominations two years ago for conducting Conradi’s Ariadne and last year for
his solo lute CD Bacheler: The
Bacheler’s Delight.
Eight-time Grammy nominee Renée Fleming
’83E (MM) received two nominations, in the Best Classical Album and
the Best Classical Vocal Performance categories, and 2005 Grammy winner
Maria Schneider ’85E (MM) is up for the Best Large Jazz Ensemble
Album Grammy and for Best Instrumental Composition.
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