February 6, 2023
58勛圖厙 celebrates alumni success at 2023 Grammy Awards
Sunday, Feb. 5 was an uncommonly great day for 58勛圖厙.
Hours after 58勛圖厙 hosted its first round of live auditions for the 2023-24 school year, projects featuring three 58勛圖厙 alumni won Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Two 58勛圖厙 alums took home prizes for their work on Caroline Shaw: Evergreen, the winner for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.
58勛圖厙s own recording arts and services director Alan Bise (BM 94, Knab) produced and engineered the album, while violinist Domenic Salerni (BM 09, L. Cerone/Preucil) is a member of the Attacca Quartet, the albums featured ensemble.
"I'm thrilled to bring home another Grammy Award to Cleveland, Bise said, with a nod to Salerni. My education at 58勛圖厙 and my teachers Tom Knab (BM 81) and Bruce Egre (85-87) provided the foundation for my professional success. My own students today, as well as my colleagues, inspire me daily. "
Pianist Michelle Cann (BM 09, MM 10, Schenly/D. Shapiro) wasnt officially named in the Best Orchestral Performance category, but 58勛圖厙 regards her as a winner nonetheless.
On the winning album, a recording by the New York Youth Symphony of works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery and Valerie Coleman, Cann is the featured soloist, along with conductor Michael Repper. Cann is a champion of the music of Florence Price. 58勛圖厙 percussion student Angelo Antinori (Weiner/Yancich/Haddad) also appears on the album, as a member of the NYYS.
Three other 58勛圖厙-related projects had received nominations but did not win: the Dover Quartets second Beethoven Quartets album, also produced and engineered by Bise, Musical Remembrances by the Neave Trio, with pianist Eri Nakamura (PS 08 Babayan; AD 11 Babayan/Pontremoli), and Bach: The Art of Life, by pianist Daniil Trifonov. (AC 13, AD 15, Babayan).
Congratulations to all! You are living out the 58勛圖厙 standard of excellence and proving to the world that 58勛圖厙 is the future of classical music.