2023 GRAMMYS

PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING MEMBERS OF THE YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO WON A 2023 GRAMMY ON FEB. 5.

Composer Michael Gilbertson ’13MM ’21DMA won for his pieces Born and Returning, which were recorded by The Crossing. The album, titled Born, won in the “Best Choral Performance, Classical” category and also features music by Edie Hill.

YSM faculty tubist Carol Jantsch and cellist Alexander Veltman ’90MM won as members of the Philadelphia Orchestra for a recording titled Letter from the Future featuring Contact by composer Kevin Puts ’99MM. The recording also features the trio Time for Three and was conducted by Xian Zhang. The album won in the “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” category, for Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto 4-3, and in the “Best Contemporary Classical Composition” category.

Double-bassist Daniel Krekeler ’99MM won as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for a performance of Terrance Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Bassoonist Dennis Michel ’77MM won as a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for a recording of Mason Bates’ Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra. The recording, which was conducted by Edwin Outwater, won in the “Best Engineered Album, Classical” category.

Violinist Dominic Salerni ’11MM won as a member of the Attacca Quartet for a recording titled Evergreen, featuring music by composer Caroline Shaw ’07MM. That album won in the “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” category.