University alum and professor of music at Princeton, Donnacha Dennehy won his first Grammy in “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” for his composition “Land Of Winter.” The piece was also nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
University alum and professor of music at Princeton, Donnacha Dennehy (MM ’94, DMA ’14) won his first Grammy in “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” for his composition “Land Of Winter.” The piece was also nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
In an interview with The Daily Illini, Dennehy said he spent the morning of the nominations composing and avoided following them until his wife revealed the news.
“My wife was jumping up and down outside the window, and I thought, ‘Oh no! Is everything OK?’” Dennehy said. “She said we got nominated for the Grammys, and that felt surreal.”
Dennehy said the nomination itself held special meaning, even before the award ceremony, because it affirmed that audiences continue to engage with his work even after years of composing.
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Additional interviews with and articles about Dennehy and his GRAMMY win can be found on The Daily Princetonian and Princeton University’s Department of Music website.
