Eastman School of Music Faculty and Alumni Win in the 67th GRAMMY Awards

One faculty member and one graduate of the Eastman School of Music were named winners in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.’s 67th GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, February 2, 2025: Associate Professor of Jazz Voice Sara Gazarek and percussion alumnus Jason Treuting ’99E. This is Gazarek’s second GRAMMY win and Treuting’s first.

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

• Alma | säje including Sara Gazarek, Associate Professor of Jazz Voice

 

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

• Rectangles and Circumstances | Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion including Jason Treuting ’99E, percussion

Eastman also congratulates all alumni who played on and contributed to winning performances — including wins for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Best Engineered Album, Classical), Los Angeles Philharmonic (Best Orchestral Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition) and Cleveland Orchestra (Producer of the Year, Classical) — as well as those who were nominated.

See the full list of GRAMMY Winners here.

As the world’s leading society of music professionals, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is dedicated to celebrating, honoring and sustaining music’s past, present and future.

Media only: Lauren Sageer, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Digital Content, 

(585) 451-8492, lsageer@esm.rochester.edu

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About Eastman School of Music:

The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854–1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. It was the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Mr. Eastman’s dream was that his school would provide a broad education in the liberal arts as well as superb musical training.

More than 900 students are enrolled in the Collegiate Division of the Eastman School of Music—about 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. They come from almost every state, and approximately 23 percent are from other countries. They are taught by a faculty comprised of more than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. They are Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Guggenheim fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Each year, Eastman’s students, faculty members, and guest artists present more than 900 concerts to the Rochester community. Additionally, more than 1,700 members of the Rochester community, from young children through senior citizens, are enrolled in the Eastman Community Music School.

About the University of Rochester:

The University of Rochester is one of the nation’s leading private research universities, one of only 62-member institutions in the Association of American Universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives undergraduates exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.