Interlochen alumni nominated for 67th annual GRAMMY Awards
Chappell Roan, Norah Jones, Bill Frissell, and Laura Karpman lead an accomplished cohort of alumni nominees.
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Singer-songwriter Chappell Roan headlines an exceptional cohort of Interlochen alumni nominated for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards.
Presented annually by the Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Awards are the most coveted accolade in the music industry. Nominees and winners are selected from a pool of more than 20,000 entries by voting members of the Recording Academy through a competitive, two-step voting process. Since the awards were first bestowed in 1959, 75 Interlochen alumni, faculty, and guest artists have received a combined total of 152 GRAMMY Awards.
This year’s alumni nominees span more than 20 awards, including Record of the Year, Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album, Best Folk Album, and Best Orchestral Performance. Roan received nominations for six of the awards’ most competitive prizes, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance. Other alumni receiving individual nominations include Norah Jones (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album), Bill Frissell (Best Contemporary Instrumental Album), and Laura Karpman (Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media).
See below for a full list of nominees.
- Record of the Year
- “Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Album of the Year
- The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Song of the Year
- “Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Best New Artist
- Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Best Pop Solo Performance
- “Good Luck, Babe!” — Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Best Pop Vocal Album
- The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — Chappell Roan (IAC 14)
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Owl Song — Ambrose Akinmusire feat. Bill Frissell (IAC/NMC 67) & Herlin Riley
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band | Patrick Cornelius (IAC 97)
- Best Latin Jazz Album
- As I Travel — Donald Vega (IAC 91-93) feat. Lewis Nash, John Patitucci, and Luisito Quintero
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Visions — Norah Jones (IAC 94-95)
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Orchestras (Live) — Bill Frissell (IAC/NMC 67) feat. Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston, and Thomas Morgan
- Best Musical Theater Album
- Hell’s Kitchen | Tom Kitt (IAC 90), producer
- Best Folk Album
- American Patchwork Quilt — American Patchwork Quilt | Clarence Penn (AS 83-84; IAC/NMC 85; IAA 85-86)
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- The Color Purple — Various Artists | Shawn Mann (IAA 87-89)
- Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- American Fiction — Laura Karpman (IAC/NMC 70-74)
- Best Orchestral Performance
- Kodály: Háry János Suite: Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major — Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, conductor
- Amy Glidden (IAC/NMC 88), Dinesh Joseph (IAC 94-95), Joshua Lauretig (IAC 07-11), Jonathan Lombardo (IAC 95, IAA 96-00; IAC Fac 14-18, IAA Fac 16), Daniel Pendley (IAC 97), Loren Silvertrust (IAC 97-99), Daniel Sweeley (IAC/NMC 85-86, AS 83-84)
- Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Rochelle Abramson (IAC/NMC 64-65, UNIV 69), Ethan Bearman (IAC 92), Edward Botsford (IAC 96-98), Whitney Crockett (IAC/NMC 76-78, 80), Jin-Shan Dai (IAA 96-98, IAC 98, ICA St 97-98, IAC St 99), Brett Herman (IAC 99), Jonathan Karoly (NMC 85), Catherine Karoly (IAC/NMC 84-85), Evan Kuhlmann (IAA 00-02), Jason Lippman (IAC/NMC 90), Gregory Roosa (AS 78-81, UNIV 85, IAC St 86), and Brent Samuel (IAC/NMC 86-87)
- Stravinsky: The Firebird — San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Jill Brindel (IAC/NMC 58, 61-63, 65, 67), Jeff Biancalana (IAC/NMC 82-83, 85), Steven Dibner (IAC/NMC 70, AS 67, 69), Bowen Ha (IAA 17-19), Kelly Leon-Pearce (AS 77), Guy Piddington (IAC 96), Stephen Wright (IAC 78-81, UNIV 83-84), James Wyatt (IAC/NMC 89)
- Kodály: Háry János Suite: Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major — Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, conductor
- Best Opera Recording
- Adams: Girls of the Golden West | Davóne Tines (IAC 04)
- Moravec: The Shining | Gerard Schwarz (IAC/NMC 60-62), conductor
- Saariaho: Adriana Mater | Nicholas Phan (AS 93-94, IAC 95-96)
- Best Choral Performance
- Handel: Israel in Egypt | Molly Netter (IAC 03)
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- Adams, J.L.: Waves & Particles — JACK Quartet | Austin Wulliman (IAC 00), violin; John Pickford Richards (IAA 97-98, IAC St 98), viola
- Cerrone: Beaufort Scales — Beth Willer, Christopher Cerrone, and Lorelie Ensemble | Emily Marvosh (AS 99)
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- A Change is Gonna Come — Nicholas Phan (AS 93-94, IAC 95-96) and Palaver Strings Best Classical Compendium
- Akiho: BeLonging — Andy Akiho and Imani Winds | Toyin Spellman-Diaz (IAC/NMC 89), Mark Dover (IAA 04-05, IAC 02-04, IAC Fac 24)
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- Lang: Composition as Explanation — David Lang, composer (Eighth Blackbird) | Matthew Duvall (IAA 85-89, IAC/NMC 84-85), Eighth Blackbird
- Saariaho: Adriana Mater — Kaija Saariaho, composer | Nicholas Phan (AS 93-94, IAC 95-96), soloist
In addition to the alumni nominees, several former Interlochen faculty and staff were nominated, including:
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Walk A Mile in My Shoes — Orrin Evans & the Captain Black Big Band | Josh Lawrence (IAA Fac 21-23), trumpet
- Best Historical Album
- Paul Robeson - Voice of Freedom | Nancy Conforti (IAC St 18), mastering engineer
- Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a capella
- Rhapsody in Blue(Grass) — Béla Fleck and Ferde Grofé (IAC Fac 42-43)
- Best Choral Performance
- Clear Voices in the Dark | Fotina Naumenko (IAC Fac 24), as a member of Skylark
- Sheehan: Akathist | Fotina Naumenko (IAC Fac 24), soloist
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- Newman: Bespoke Songs | Fotina Naumenko (IAC Fac 24), soloist; Karlyn Viña (IAC St 11-12, IAC Fac 19, 22-24), percussion
- Show Me The Way — Will Liverman, soloist; Jonathan King (ICCA Fac 17-21), pianist
The 67th GRAMMY Awards will be presented during “Music’s Biggest Night”—a live awards ceremony that will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
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