Richard King, recording engineer and associate professor at the Schulich School of Music nominated for 5 Grammy Awards

Montreal, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 ’Äì Richard King, recording engineer and associate professor of at McGill University, has been nominated for 5 different Grammy and Grammy Gratis Awards by the Academy of Recording Arts. The awards will be presented at the 52^nd annual Grammy Awards to be held at the end of next month.

King has been nominated for:

• Best Classical Album (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist):

Bernstein: Mass

Marin Alsop, conductor; Jubilant Sykes; Steven Epstein, producer;

Richard King, engineer/mixer (Asher Edward Wulfman; Baltimore Symphony

Orchestra; Morgan State University Choir & Peabody Children's Chorus)

[Naxos]

• Best Classical Crossover Album:

The Melody Of Rhythm

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Bˆ©la Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer

(Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

[E1 Music]

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace

Yo-Yo Ma (Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt

Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d'Rivera, Renˆ©e Fleming, Diana Krall,

Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua

Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)

[Sony Classical]

• Best Tropical Latin Album (Vocal or Instrumental):

Bach In Havana

Tiempo Libre

[Sony Classical]

• Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks):

Sounding Point

Julian Lage

[Emarcy/Decca]

• Best Classical Vocal Performance (Award to the Vocal Soloist(s)):

Verismo Arias

Renˆ©e Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano, Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi)

[Decca]

The Grammy Awards are the only peer-presented award to honour artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry without regard to album sales or chart position. The 52^nd Grammy Awards will be held on January 31^st, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.