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25
Oct
2021

New Focus releases on 2021 Grammy Ballot

2021 Ballot For Your Consideration

Several New Focus releases are on the first round ballot for the 2021 Grammy awards. The relevant albums/tracks are all currently streamable on their New Focus album pages, please take a listen and if you are a voting member, please consider voting for these albums!

Ryan Streber: Best Engineered Album, Classical for: Against Method, [counter)induction]; Mobili [Georgina Rossi and Sylvie Cheng]; Vespro Della Beata Virgine [Tenet Vocal Artists, Green Mountain Project], Cavatine [Duo Stephanie and Saar]

Wang Lu/Gil Rose/Boston Modern Orchestra Project: An Atlas of Time (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) (Best Contemporary Classical Composition)

George Lewis/Claire Chase/Levy Lorenzo: Emergent (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance), Seth Parker Woods: Not Alone [George Lewis] (Best Classical Instrumental Solo)

counter)induction: Against Method album; Boyce: The Hunt By Night, track (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance), Boyce: Sails Knife Bright in a Seasonal Wind, Tedesco: Scherzo (Best Contemporary Classical Composition)

The Crossing/Donald Nally/Paul Vazquez/Kevin Vondrak: Rising w/ The Crossing (Best Choral Performance), David Lang: Protect Yourself from Infection (Best Contemporary Classical Composition), (Producer of the Year)

Scott Wollschleger/Karl Larson: Dark Days (Best Classical Instrumental Solo) (Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Tiny Oblivion)

TENET Vocal Artists/Green Mountain Project; Vespro Della Beata Virgine (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance)

Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra/Reuben Blundell: American Discoveries (Best Orchestral Performance)

Georgina Rossi/Sylvie Cheng: Mobili (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance)

Akropolis Reed Quintet: Ghost Light (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance), Jeff Scott: Homage to Paradise Valley (Best Contemporary Classical Composition), (Best Engineered Album, Classical, Dave Schall)

Eric Lyon/Nicholas De Maison/String Noise/International Contemporary Ensemble: Giga Concerto (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) (Best Contemporary Classical Composition)

Susie Ibarra/Claire Chase/Alex Peh: Talking Gong (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) (Best Classical Instrumental Solo for Kolubri)

Pascal le Boeuf: Forbidden Subjects [Real Loud] (Best Instrumental Composition)

Eric Huebner: Désordre [Gyorgy Ligeti] (Best Classical Instrumental Solo)

Daniel Lippel/John Schneider: Aufs Lautenwerk [J.S. Bach] (Best Classical Instrumental Solo) (Best Engineered Album, Classical [John Schneider/Ryan Streber]) (Producer of the Year)