<p>This will be done in three posts as I have a bandaged hand.</p>
<p>Grammy Nominees from Thornton School of Music 2009</p>
<p>Alumni:</p>
<p>GRANT GERSHON '85
Nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical. Conducted Steve Reich's Daniel Variations</p>
<p>JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, MDA '69
Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media
Composer on the WB film The Dark Night.</p>
<p>GLORIA CHENG '91
Nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) for Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski</p>
<p>The album was also nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical, on which Cheng is recognized as a performer.</p>
<p>FRED VOGLER '88, MA'90
Produced the L.A. Opera's production of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, which was nominated for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.</p>
<p>Nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical
Vogler was engineer on Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.)</p>
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<p>Faculty Members Nominated for Grammy Awards 2009</p>
<p>RUSSELL FERRANTE, Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies
Nominated for Best Instrumental Composition
Composed the track "Claire's Closet" for the album Lifecycle.</p>
<p>BOB MINTZER, Professor of Jazz Studies
Nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Jazz saxaphonist performed on the album Lifecycle</p>
<p>NDUGU CHANCLER, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Chancler was featured performing on the track.</p>
<p>JUDITH FARMER, JIM SELF and GARY WOODWARD, Adjunct Professors of Winds & Percussion
Best Classical Album
Performed as part of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.</p>
<p>PETER ERSKINE, Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies
ALAN PASQUA, Assistant Professsor of Jazz Studies
Nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
For the album Standards</p>
<p>VINCE MENDOZA, MM '85 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist/s
Arranged "Alfie" from The Look of Love-Burt Bacharach Songbook</p>
<p>Also, nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
For his album Blauklang</p>
<p>Ron McCurdy of the Thornton School will co-direct the 2009 Grammy Jazz Ensembles, including the Jazz Choir. They will be perfoming at various functions during "Grammy Week".</p>
<pre><code>A few of the alumni of Thornton are:
Marilyn Horne BM '53
Christopher Parkening BM '69
Lee Ritenour BM'72
Michael Tilson Thomas BM'67, MM'76
Herb Alpert BM'54
David Newman MM'82
James Horner BM'74
Sheryl Staples '91 Associate concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
Cynthia Phelps '78 Principal violinist of the New York Philharmonic
Rodney Gilfry 'MM83
Jessica Rivera '98
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<p>Of these nominees the following won a Grammy Award:
Vogler 2 Awards
Cheng 1 Award
Farmer, Self and Woodward 1 Award
Howard 1 Award
Board of Advisors Thomas Newman 2 Awards</p>