Rochester Review
January-February 2010
Vol. 72, No. 3
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Alumni Gazette
And the Nominees Are...
Ten Eastman alumni have a shot at a Grammy Award this year. The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 31. Nominees, announced in December, include:
- Soprano Renée Fleming ’83E (MM), Best Classical Vocal Performance, for her album of arias, Verismo (Decca), and Best Classical Crossover Album, for her role on Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace (Sony Classical).
- Also for Best Classical Crossover Album, saxophonist Ben Wendel ’99E, trumpeter Shane Endsley ’97E, bassist Kaveh Rastegar ’01E, and keyboardist Adam Benjamin, members of the quintet Kneebody, for Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Winter & Winter).
- Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey ’01E (MM), Best Classical Album, for his performance on Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 (SFS Media).
- Mezzo-soprano Faith Sherman ’03E, Best Opera Recording, for her performance on Volpone, by composer John Musto (Wolf Trap Recordings).
- Kristian Bezuidenhout ’01E, ’04E (MM), Best Small Ensemble Performance, for his performance on the harpsichord and organ on Vivaldi: Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon).
- Percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck ’90E, ’91E (MM), Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, for Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside).
- Bill Cunliffe ’81E (MM), Best Instrumental Arrangement, for “West Side Story Medley,” on Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson (Resonance Records).
