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Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni are regularly featured at the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The 61st edition honoring musical accomplishments by performers over the last year included Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni in six categories across three genres. 

Best Folk Album: All Ashore&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Punch Brothers (Chris Eldridge ’04, guitar)

Best Opera Recording: Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Michael Christie ’96, conductor; Edward Parks ’06, baritone

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, d’India & Landi — Jeannette Sorrell ’90, conductor; Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra (with Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni Johanna Novom ’07, Rene Schiffer ’96, Karina Schmitz ’02, Rebecca Landell Reed ’11)

Best Jazz Vocal Album: The Window&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Cécile McLorin Salvant, and pianist Sullivan Fortner ’08

Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor (with Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumna and violinist Yuncong Zhang ’07)

Best Choral Performance, Classical: Zealot Canticles — The Crossing chamber choir with Mandy Wolman ’07