Artist

Blanton Alspaugh

Wins

5

Nominations

37

Category

Classical Production Surround Sound

Biography

"If it wasn't played or sung well, nobody cares how well recorded it was." 

  • Producer Blanton Alspaugh has been a member of the Soundmirror classical music recording and production team since 1999.
     
  • He has worked with a variety of orchestras and musicians, including Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Harrington String Quartet, William Boggs, Stanislav Pronin, and Emmanuel Feldman.
     
  • Alspaugh won his first GRAMMY for 2008 for Best Small Ensemble Performance for Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary.
     
  • Alspaugh earned a bachelor's of science degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University and a master's degree in orchestral conducting from Rice University.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording Winner

    Heggie: Intelligence

    Blanton Alspaugh, Jamie Barton, Mark Donahue, Gene Scheer, Jake Heggie, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Kwamé Ryan

  • Best Classical Compendium

    American Counterpoints

    Blanton Alspaugh, Curtis Stewart, James Blachly

  • Best Opera Recording

    Moravec: The Shining

    Blanton Alspaugh, Edward Parks, Gerard Schwarz, Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

    Floyd, C.: Prince Of Players

    Blanton Alspaugh, William Boggs, Keith Phares, Kate Royal, Alexander Dobson

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Winner

    Smyth: The Prison

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, John Newton, Dashon Burton, James Blachly, Sarah Brailey, Brandon Johnson

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Woolf, L.P.: Fire And Flood

    Blanton Alspaugh, Julian Wachner, Matt Haimovitz

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical Winner

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance Winner

    Duruflé: Complete Choral Works

    Blanton Alspaugh, John Newton, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical Winner

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi

    Blanton Alspaugh, Peter Oundjian

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Winner

    Death & The Maiden

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, John Newton, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Kyu-Young Kim

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Tyberg: Masses

    Blanton Alspaugh, Jesse Brayman

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording Winner

    Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, James Conlon, Fred Vogler, Christopher Maltman, Joshua Guerrero, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, David L. Williams, Guanqun Yu

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance Winner

    Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

    Blanton Alspaugh, Charles Bruffy, John Newton, Byeong Joon Hwang

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical Winner

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance Winner

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen

    Blanton Alspaugh, Charles Bruffy, Tom Caulfield, John Newton

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Classical Album

    Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Giancarlo Guerrero, Dirk Sobotka, John Hill

  • Best Orchestral Performance Winner

    Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Giancarlo Guerrero, Dirk Sobotka, John Hill

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

    Musto, John: Volpone

    Blanton Alspaugh, Anne-Carolyn Bird, Lisa Hopkins, Jeremy Little, Rodell Rosel, Joshua Jeremiah, Faith Sherman, Museop Kim, Sara Jobin, Steven Sanders

  • Classical Album

    Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Alastair Willis, Julie Boulianne, John Hill

  • Classical Album

    O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Craig Hella Johnson, John Newton

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Jonathan Cooper, John Newton

  • Classical Album

    Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

    Blanton Alspaugh, Mark Donahue, Charles Bruffy, Jonathan Cooper, John Newton, Phoenix Chorale

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Winner

    Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary

    Blanton Alspaugh, Charles Bruffy, John Newton, Phoenix Chorale

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Blanton Alspaugh

  • Classical Album

    Grechaninov: Passion Week

    Blanton Alspaugh, Charles Bruffy, Jonathan Cooper, John Newton

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Grechaninov: Passion Week

    Blanton Alspaugh, Jonathan Cooper, John Newton

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur

    Blanton Alspaugh, Brian Anderson, James Maddalena, Stewart Robertson, Beth Clayton, Caroline Worra, Dorothy Byrne, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, Michael Todd Simpson

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