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Cedar Rapids native Daugherty wins three Grammys
Diana Nollen
Feb. 13, 2011 11:01 pm
Cedar Rapids native Michael Daugherty won three Grammy Awards during ceremonies Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles.
His three-part homage to trains, “Deus Ex Machina,” recorded by the Nashville Symphony on his “Metropolis Symphony” CD, was named Best Classical Contemporary Composition; Best Orchestral Performance; and Best Engineered Album, Classical. He had been nominated in five categories.
Daugherty, 56, teaches composition at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has written more than 100 works for symphonies; string quartets; percussion, brass and chamber ensembles; opera; symphonic bands; and solo instruments.
He is the son of Willis Daugherty of Cedar Rapids.
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