Los Angeles Times

Grammys: Gustavo Dudamel in classical's West-leaning field

With the classical Grammy nominations, anything goes. There is more than ever to pick from, with thousands of releases coming from CDs, DVDS or downloads. But there are also fewer categories this year — most notably, the one for best classical recording is gone. For what it’s worth, this year brings a notable Grammy bias on the West Coast, but then this is where a great many of the Recording Academy voters are.

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Chicago Tribune

Grammy nominations 2012: Kanye West, R. Kelly, Numero Group get multiple nods

Kanye West wasn’t the only artist with Chicago connections to receive plenty of attention Wednesday at the 54th annual Grammy Award nominations.

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Roosevelt Review

HItting her high note: Amy Beth Kirsten

Before she attended graduate school at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, Amy Beth Kirsten (MM, ’04) was a popular Chicago jazz singer and
songwriter. Now she is a classical music composer who this spring received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. “My direction completely changed
at Roosevelt,” said the 38-year-old resident of New Haven, Conn., who went on to receive a doctorate in composing from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins
University.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Winging It

A night of improvisation and indie rock meets classical music, with a bit of theatre thrown in; it's not your usual night of music when eighth blackbird take flight. Like new jazz and new soul before it, eighth blackbird flautist Tim Munro admits that the musical umbrella his ensemble falls under “will repel some people and baffle others”.

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Daily Telegraph