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February 11, 2008
Women win at Grammys
Women won big at the Grammys tonight. Sure, Amy Winehouse earned a huge amount of awards. But check out the results for the awards they didn’t show on TV: the stuff in the instrumental, composing/arranging and classical categories.
– Jazz maestra Maria Schneider won Best Instrumental Composition for her piece “Cerulean Skies,” performed by the Maria Schneider Orchestra on the album “Sky Blue.”
–Judith Sherman won Classical Producer of the Year for her work with chamber groups Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird (a ground-breaking Chicago sextet who won a Grammy of its own tonight), and several other groups.
– The late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson won Best Classical Vocal Performance for “Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs.”
– American composer Joan Tower – perhaps best known for her pieces “Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman” — took home three Grammies for her work “Made in America.” Hear her talk about the piece below:
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