Frost School of Music Faculty and Alumni Receive Grammy Nominations

(Coral Gables, FL – December 14, 2018)  The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami is proud to announce its faculty and alumni who received and/or participated in recordings that received GRAMMY™ nominations. Included in the stellar list are three esteemed faculty members, and five alumni (of which one is a current graduate student).

In commenting Dean Shelton G. Berg stated:  “I couldn’t be more proud of the recognition received today from the Recording Academy for our esteemed Frost School of Music faculty, alumni and even a current graduate student. These professionals truly permeate the highest level of performance, composition, production and business, and to be recognized by their peers with a Grammy Award nomination, is the ultimate acknowledgement. ”

The GRAMMY nominees and nominated recordings are:

FACULTY

John Daversa – Chair/Associate Professor of Studio Music and Jazz

Nominated for three Grammys for American Dreamers Voices of  Hope Music and Freedom with Daca Artists

• Best Large Jazz Ensemble
• Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella (Stars and Stripes Forever)
• Best Improvised Jazz Solo (Don’t Fence Me In)

Dafnis Prieto – Assistant Professor of Practice (Drums) of Studio Music and Jazz

• Best Latin Jazz Album (Back To The Sunset)

 Craig Morris—Associate Professor of Trumpet/Chamber Music Coach

• Best Instrumental Classical Performance (Philip Glass: Three Pieces In The Shape of a Square)

ALUMNI

Joshua Henry (BM ‘06)

• Best Musical Theatre Album (Carousel-as one of the principal vocalists)

Raquel Sofia (BM ’09)

• Best Latin Pop Album (2:00 a.m.)

Carlos Fernando Lopez (BM ’12) and a current graduate composition student

• Best Latin Pop Album – (Prometo by Pablo Alboran) – production, engineer, programming, arranging and mixing) 

Julio Reyes Copello (MM ’00)

• Best Latin Pop Album – (Prometo by Pablo Alboran) – production, engineer, programming, arranging and mixing) 

Natalia Ramirez (MU ’17) IN Arts Presenting

• Best Latin Pop Album – (Prometo by Pablo Alboran) --vocal recording engineer and studio coordinator.

The Wood Brothers – (Jonathan S. Rix / Jano Rix) (BM ’99)

• Best Americana Album (One Drop Of Truth) 

 OF NOTE

Lansing McLoskey – Professor of Composition

• Best Choral Performance (McLoskey: Zealot Canticles)

(the nomination is for the choral performance of Lansing McLoskey’s composition)

 Kenneth D. Fuchs (BM ‘79)

• Best Classical Compendium

              Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush

(The nomination is for the artist, producer and engineer associated with the recording of Ken Fuch’s composition)

The 61^st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be telecast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2019 on the CBS Television Network at 8 PM/ET, 5 PM/PT.

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