USC Thornton at the 2009 GRAMMY Awards
Alumni
FRED VOGLER ’88, MA ’90Fred Vogler won two GRAMMY Awards, Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording, for his role as producer on Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny. Vogler was also engineer on Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic), nominated for Best Engineered Album, Classical.
GLORIA CHENG DMA ’91
Gloria Cheng won a GRAMMY for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) for Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski. The album was also nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical (for Judith Sherman), on which Cheng is recognized as a performer.
AARON ARNTZ ’03
Aaron Arntz played with Zappa Plays Zappa on "Peaches En Regalia," which won Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Faculty
JUDITH FARMER, JIM SELF, AND GARY WOODWARD, ADJUNCT PROFESSORS OF WINDS AND PERCUSSIONFaculty members Judith Farmer, Jim Self, and Gary Woodward, as part of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus, played on Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny, which won Best Classical Album.
www.geocities.com/judithfarmer/ Jim Self on Basset Hound Music Gary Woodward's Faculty Profile
NDUGU CHANCLER, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Ndugu Chancler performed on the album Miles from India, which was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The album, which celebrated the music of Miles Davis, featured Chancler performing on the track Miles from India.
Ndugu Chancler's Faculty Profile
PETER ERSKINE, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES AND ALAN PASQUA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Faculty members Peter Erskine and Alan Pasqua were nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for the album Standards (with Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter and Peter Erskine Trio).
www.petererskine.com www.alanpasqua.com
RUSSELL FERRANTE, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Russell Ferrante composed the track "Claire's Closet" for the album Lifecycle (Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern), which was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition.
BOB MINTZER, PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Jazz saxophonist Bob Mintzer performed on the album Lifecycle (by Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern), which was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
VINCE MENDOZA, MM ’85, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JAZZ STUDIES
Composer, arranger and conductor Vince Mendoza has been nominated for two GRAMMYs. The first was for his work on "Alfie" from The Look of Love–Burt Bacharach Songbook, nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Mendonza's album Blauklang was also nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
Board of Advisors
THOMAS NEWMANThomas Newman won the GRAMMY Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, TV, or other Media for the track "Down to Earth" (songwriter with Peter Gabriel) as well as Best Instrumental Arrangement for "Define Dancing" (arranger with Peter Gabriel); both songs were featured in the Pixar motion picture, WALL-E. WALL-E was also nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media, on which Newman was a composer.
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, DMA ‘69
James Newton Howard was a composer on the Warner Bros. film The Dark Knight, which won the GRAMMY for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, TV or other Visual Media.
GREGG FIELD
Gregg Field was producer on Best Contemporary Jazz Album nominee Lifecycle (Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern).
GRANT GERSHON, ’85
Singer and conductor Grant Gershon was conductor on Steve Reich's Daniel Variations, which has been nominated for Producer of the Year, Classical.
Grant Gershon's Advisor Profile
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