{"id":2265545,"date":"2026-02-03T22:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2265545"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:53:44","slug":"usc-school-of-music-professor-wins-2026-grammy-usc-news-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/usc-school-of-music-professor-wins-2026-grammy-usc-news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"USC School of Music professor wins 2026 Grammy &#8211; USC News &#038; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"story-byline\">\n<hr\/>\n<p><small class=\"post-meta\">Posted on: February 3, 2026; Updated on: February 3, 2026<br \/>By<br \/>\n                              \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarlena Crovatt-Bagwell and Brandon Pugh, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sc.edu\/uofsc\/posts\/2026\/02\/mailto:crovattb@mailbox.sc.edu\">crovattb@mailbox.sc.edu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr\/><\/div>\n<p>University of South Carolina bassoon professor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/music\/faculty-staff\/Harley.php\"><strong>Michael Harley<\/strong><\/a> (pictured above on first row, second from right) and his ensemble, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alarmwillsound.com\/\">Alarm Will Sound<\/a>, won Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards<br \/>\n                           on Sunday (Feb. 1) in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Harley\u2019s ensemble won for the collaborative piece &#8220;Land of Winter&#8221; by composer Donnacha<br \/>\n                           Dennehy, which was also a nominee for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just incredibly lucky, both to be a part of a group like Alarm Will Sound and<br \/>\n                           for our album to have somehow broken through all the noise to be recognized in this<br \/>\n                           way,\u201d says Harley, calling the honor a high point in the ensemble\u2019s 25 years of commitment<br \/>\n                           to each other and their music. \u201cThe opportunity to play the music of our time and<br \/>\n                           to help bring the vision of artists and composers like Donnacha Dennehy to life is<br \/>\n                           a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also nominated for Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance were guitar assistant<br \/>\n                           professor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/music\/faculty-staff\/mak_grgic.php\">Mak Grgi\u0107<\/a> and colleague Mateusz Kowalski for &#8220;Slavic Sessions<em>.&#8221; <\/em>It was Grgi\u0107\u2019s fourth nomination and second since arriving at USC in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe School of Music is both pleased and honored by Harley and\u00a0Alarm Will Sound&#8217;s\u00a0win,<br \/>\n                           their nomination in the\u00a0Best Contemporary Classical Composition<em>\u00a0<\/em>and by professor Mak Grgic\u2019s nomination in the\u00a0Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance\u00a0category<br \/>\n                           as well,\u201d says Tayloe Harding, dean of the USC School of Music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-block mod-inline mod-small\"><!--Feature Story Image Component--><\/p>\n<figure>\n                                 \t\t\t<figcaption class=\"img-block_caption\">USC School of Music professor Michael Harley and his wife, Jennifer Parker-Harley,<br \/>\n                                    pause at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The apex of artistry<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA Grammy win is a measure of unqualified excellence, cementing the legacy of Dr.<br \/>\n                           Harley and Alarm Will Sound as a significant ensemble of world-renown,\u201d Harding says<br \/>\n                           in congratulating both on the honor. \u201cIt is a major achievement and recognition for<br \/>\n                           one of our most distinguished faculty members and his superior work as a professor<br \/>\n                           of music at Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with his Alarm Will Sound peers, Harley credits the spirited culture and talent<br \/>\n                           around him at the USC School of Music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the inspiration and support provided by my wonderful students, colleagues<br \/>\n                           and Dean Harding,\u201d Harley says, \u201cand I want to especially congratulate USC guitar<br \/>\n                           professor Mak Grgic, who was nominated for the fourth time this year \u2014 a real testament<br \/>\n                           to his artistry.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Harmonious honors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Previous Grammy nominees with USC connections include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claire Bryant, assistant professor of cello<\/li>\n<li>Alumni Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi), Andy Akiho and Amos Lee<\/li>\n<li>Grammy-winning Hootie and the Blowfish members Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber<br \/>\n                              and Jim Sonefeld<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sc.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on: February 3, 2026; Updated on: February 3, 2026By Marlena Crovatt-Bagwell and Brandon Pugh, crovattb@mailbox.sc.edu University of South Carolina bassoon professor Michael Harley (pictured above on first row, second from right) and his ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, won Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 1) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2265546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USC-School-of-Music-professor-wins-2026-Grammy-USC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265547,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265545\/revisions\/2265547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}