Several IU alumni took home Grammys on Sunday night at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
Three Jacobs School of Music alums received awards Sunday, and several more were nominated.
Double-bassist Edgar Meyer won the category for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for “Bass & Mandolin” with mandolinist Chris Thile. This was Meyer’s fifth Grammy Award.
Meyer is a 1984 music school alum.
Meyer was also nominated for Best Instrumental Composition for a track from “Bass & Mandolin,” according to a previous IU press release, but he did not win.
Fellow IU alum Cory Smythe, a pianist, received a Grammy for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance with featured violinist Hilary Hahn. The performance piece is entitled “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores,” according to the Feb. 9 press release.
Smythe received his bachelor’s degree from IU in 1999, according to the ?release.
IU alum Aaron Sheehan won his Grammy for Best Opera Recording for his solo work “Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfer.” Sheehan received his master’s degree from Jacob’s School of Music in 2001.
“I was completely stunned by the win for Best Opera Recording last night,” Sheehan said in the release. “It was an honor just being nominated among such distinguished colleagues in ?the field.”
Music school alumni Kathryn Monotoya on oboe
and recorder and Avi Stein on harpsichord also made appearances on “Charpentier: La Descente ?D’Orphée Aux Enfer” as part of the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber ?Ensemble.
“I am very proud of the work of the Boston Early Music Festival and honored that they have been so loyal to me as one of their singers,” Sheehan said in the release. “All in all, it was a great night for historically informed performance.”
Kathrine Schulze
