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The conductor on the album is his longtime collaborator and Juilliard classmate JoAnn Falletta. It is Fuchs\u2019 fourth Grammy nomination and first win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hadn\u2019t gotten off the stage when my iPhone started to go crazy with calls and text messages from my students \u2014 I\u2019m very touched,\u201d Fuchs told The Courant.<\/p>\n<p>He said that as the night went on, he received congratulatory messages \u201cfrom all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s safe to say the profile of my music has shot up into the sky,&#8221; Fuchs said.<br \/>\nHe said the compendium category is the most coveted for a classical composer.<\/p>\n<p>It was the fifth recording he and Falletta did with the London Symphony Orchestra.<br \/>\nUConn composer Kenneth Fuchs receives 4th Grammy nomination<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Grammy that truly belongs to a team,\u201d Falletta said on stage, adding that \u201cwe did it for\u201d Fuchs, whom she said is an extraordinary composer.<\/p>\n<p>In his UConn composition classes, Fuchs said he teaches students to \u201cadvocate for your own music.\u201d Modern composers, he said in an earlier interview with The Courant, need to be self-promoters and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo do this album, I had to raise the money, schedule the orchestra, book Abbey Road [studios in London], make the travel arrangements \u2026 That\u2019s what orchestra composers have to know how to do these days,\u201d he said after receiving the Grammy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSpiritualist\u201d album, consisting of four separate multipart Fuchs compositions performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, was released Aug. 10 on the NAXOS American Classics label. Soloists include electric guitarist D.J. Sparr, alto saxophonist Timothy McAllister, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The music ranges from the sweeping three-movement \u201cSpiritualist,\u201d which draws comparisons to the work of Aaron Copland, to the operatic \u201cPoems of Life,\u201d which includes sections titled \u201cGary Died,\u201d \u201cJust Like That,\u201d \u201cTime Slips Away&#8221; and \u201cThe Retreat\u201d and is drawn from the poetry of Judith G. Wolf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were putting it together, we realized it was an odd mix of repertoire,\u201d Fuchs said. \u201cThere\u2019s a concerto for piano, which is a very traditional form. Then there\u2019s a concerto for electric guitar, which is highly unusual, a concerto for alto saxophone and a song cycle for a countertenor. It really is an oddball mix. 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