Artist

Blanton Alspaugh

Wins

12

Nominations

30

Category

Classical Production, 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

    Heggie: Intelligence. Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Classical Compendium

    American Counterpoints. Curtis Stewart, James Blachly, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

    Moravec: The Shining. Gerard Schwarz, Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce, Edward Parks, Blanton Alspaugh

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

  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

    Smyth: The Prison. Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Woolf, L.P.: Fire And Flood. Matt Haimovitz, Julian Wachner, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance

    Duruflé: Complete Choral Works. Robert Simpson

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi. Peter Oundjian, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Death & The Maiden. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Tyberg: Masses. Jesse Brayman, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

    Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles. James Conlon, Blanton Alspaugh, Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, Guanqun Yu

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance

    Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. Charles Bruffy

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Classical. Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Choral Performance

    Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen. Charles Bruffy

  • 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. Giancarlo Guerrero, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Orchestral Performance

    Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina. Giancarlo Guerrero

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    . Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

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

  • Classical Album

    Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges. Alastair Willis, Julie Boulianne, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Classical Album

    O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night. Craig Hella Johnson, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works. John Newton, Jonathan Cooper, Mark Donahue, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Classical Album

    Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary. Charles Bruffy, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

    Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary. Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

  • Producer Of The Year, Classical

    . Blanton Alspaugh

  • Classical Album

    Grechaninov: Passion Week. Charles Bruffy, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Immersive Audio Album

    Grechaninov: Passion Week. John Newton, Jonathan Cooper, Blanton Alspaugh

  • Best Opera Recording

    Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur. Stewart Robertson, Blanton Alspaugh, Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne, Beth Clayton, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, James Maddalena, Michael Todd Simpson, Caroline Worra

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