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Members of YSM community earn Grammy nominations

Missy Mazzoli

Grammy Award nominations were announced on Friday, Dec. 7, and several members of the Yale School of Music community made the list. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding musicians.

Composer Missy Mazzoli ’06MM was nominated in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category for her work Vespers for Violin.

In the same category, faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis ’83MM received a nomination for his Violin Concerto.

Conductor Martin Pearlman ’71MM was nominated in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo Category for Biber: The Mystery Sonatas, on which he conducted. The recording features violinist Christina Day Martinson and Boston Baroque.

The Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry was nominated in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category for Visions and Variations. The ensemble includes violinists Liesl Schoenberger Doty ’11AD and Miki-Sophia Cloud ’08MM.