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51精品视频 alumnus Bryan S. Wright was nominated for a Grammy Award

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Bryan S. Wright, who earned a PhD聽in musicology from the聽51精品视频 in 2016 and is聽a pianist and instructor in 51精品视频's Department of Music, has been for a Grammy Award by the Recording Academy. His nomination is for his liner notes accompanying the three-CD set "The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin" played by pianist Richard Dowling (Rivermont Records).

Scott Joplin (b. 1867/8鈥揹. 1917) was an American composer, notable for his many piano rags, waltzes, marches聽and for his two operas. Wright and Dowling co-produced the new recording in celebration of this year's 150th anniversary of Scott Joplin's birth. This is the second Grammy nomination for Wright's Rivermont label. The 2018 Grammy Award winners will be announced at a televised ceremony from New York's Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018.

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