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Sarah Brailey<\/a> \u201904E was a featured soloist on the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album,\u00a0The Prison<\/em>\u00a0by Ethel Smyth. She has been hailed by\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0for her \u201cradiant, liquid tone,\u201d \u201cexquisitely phrased,\u201d and \u201csweetly dazzling singing\u201d and by\u00a0Opera UK<\/em>\u00a0for \u201ca sound of remarkable purity.\u201d<\/p>\n Maria Schneider<\/a> \u201985E won awards for Best Instrumental Composition for \u201cSputnik,\u201d and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for\u00a0Data Lords. <\/em>She is among a small few to receive GRAMMYS in multiple genres, having received the award in jazz and classical, as well as for her work with David Bowie.<\/p>\n The Best Classical Instrumental Solo award was given to Richard O\u2019Neill and the Albany Symphony\u2019s performance of the Viola Concerto by\u00a0composer Christopher Theofanidis<\/a>\u00a0\u201992E (MM). Theofanidis has had pieces performed by many leading orchestras, including the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and many others.<\/p>\n The Best Contemporary Classical Composition was Symphony No. 5 by the late\u00a0Christopher Rouse<\/a>, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who taught at Eastman from 1981 to 2002. 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Also, watch \u201cGibbs Street to the Grammys: Stories of Eastman Grammy Nominees,\u201d a recorded Experience Rochester<\/span><\/a> virtual discussion with these same five alumni.<\/h3>\n