Nominations for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards Announced
Purchase boasts four nominees in five categories.
The 2025 GRAMMY Award nominations acknowledge the outstanding work of several Purchase alumni and faculty.
Congratulations and best of luck in the final round of voting.
Samara Joy ’21
Jazz Studies
Samara Joy has taken the Jazz world by storm. She’s recognized with two GRAMMY nominations this year in the Best Jazz Performance category for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” featuring Sullivan Fortner and for Best Jazz Vocal Album for A Joyful Holiday.
At the 2023 GRAMMYs, Joy earned two awards for Best New Artist and Best New Jazz Vocal Album for Linger Awhile and in 2024, she won Best Jazz Performance for her single “Tight.” More about Samara…
Cyrille Aimée ’09
Jazz Studies
Award-winning Jazz artist Cyrille Aimée has developed a remarkable continent-spanning career as a singer, songwriter, lyricist, and educator. Her album À̀ Fleur De Peau is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. More about Cyrille…
Lucy Kalantari ’98
Silas Brown ’10
Studio Production / Assistant Professor of Music
Silas Brown has earned a nomination for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Andres: The Blind Banister as the album’s engineer along with Doron Schachter and Michael Schwartz and mastering engineer Matt Colton (Album features conductor Andrew Cyr, cellist Inbal Segev and the Metropolis Ensemble).
A producer, engineer, and mastering engineer specializing in classical and jazz recordings, Brown has won six GRAMMY awards. This is his ninth nomination. He brings his wealth of expertise to our Conservatory of Music students as a faculty member in the Studio Production program. More about Silas…
The 67th annual ceremony takes place February 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
