Kronos Quartet

Recording Academy® to Honor Music Industry Icons With 2024 Special Merit Awards During GRAMMY® Week

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Friday, January 5, 2024
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“Their contributions to music span genres, backgrounds and crafts, reflecting the rich diversity that fuels our creative community.

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  • “Their contributions to music span genres, backgrounds and crafts, reflecting the rich diversity that fuels our creative community.
  • In 2002, Anderson was appointed the first artist-in-residence of NASA which culminated in her 2004 touring solo performance, The End of the Moon.
  • She has been nominated for six GRAMMY Awards® throughout her recording career and received a GRAMMY® for the release Landfall in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet at the 61st GRAMMYs®.
  • Credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream, the Clark Sisters are considered pioneers of contemporary gospel.

MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE 2024

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Montréal, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE, presented by Loto-Québec in collaboration with Scotiabank, invites you to its sparkling 25th anniversary edition.

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  • Montréal, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE, presented by Loto-Québec in collaboration with Scotiabank, invites you to its sparkling 25th anniversary edition.
  • A trailblazer festival, MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE offers all kinds of ways to play outside and make the most of winter.
  • "The MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE festival is the spark plug that has kept the city shining bright for 25 years!
  • "Get your wool socks and long johns out, get ready to smile, and come and have a great time at MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE.

GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program Awards $200,000 for Music Research and Sound Preservation

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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"This year marks the 36th year that the GRAMMY Museum and Recording Academy® have partnered to provide much deserved funding for music research and preservation projects across the United States and Canada.

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  • "This year marks the 36th year that the GRAMMY Museum and Recording Academy® have partnered to provide much deserved funding for music research and preservation projects across the United States and Canada.
  • During that time, we have awarded more than $8.3 million to 479 grantees," said Michael Sticka, President/CEO of the GRAMMY Museum.
  • "It is our vision to lead in creating a world in which shared love of music sparks curiosity, creativity, and community.
  • Generously funded by the Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Museum Grant Program provides funding annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, in addition to research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition.

Nontraditional choral work wins Grawemeyer music prize

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov (VREH'-bah-lawv) has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for "Missa Supratext," a nontraditional choral work for string quartet and girls' chorus.

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  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov (VREH'-bah-lawv) has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for "Missa Supratext," a nontraditional choral work for string quartet and girls' chorus.
  • "Vrebalov's music transports and envelops the listener," said Matthew Ertz, music award director.
  • "Her winning piece emphasizes the universality of human expression through music, bypassing a single language, style or tradition.
  • She blends together diverse harmonies, rhythms, styles and improvisations, conveying her devotion to music and to the uniqueness of all things."

Nontraditional choral work wins Grawemeyer music prize

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 4, 2023
Woman, City University, Organization, Psychology, Language, American Academy, Culture, Religion, Drawing, Carnegie Hall, Music, Foreign Affairs, University, Kronos Quartet, Letter, English National Ballet, Education, Grawemeyer Award, Musical composition, Life, Entertainment, San Francisco Bay Area, Chorus

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov (VREH'-bah-lawv) has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for "Missa Supratext," a nontraditional choral work for string quartet and girls' chorus.

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  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov (VREH'-bah-lawv) has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for "Missa Supratext," a nontraditional choral work for string quartet and girls' chorus.
  • "Vrebalov's music transports and envelops the listener," said Matthew Ertz, music award director.
  • "Her winning piece emphasizes the universality of human expression through music, bypassing a single language, style or tradition.
  • She blends together diverse harmonies, rhythms, styles and improvisations, conveying her devotion to music and to the uniqueness of all things."