Four NYU Steinhardt Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Grammy Awards

Four Steinhardt community members took home awards across three categories.

Four NYU Steinhardt alumni and faculty members were among those honored at the 68th Grammy Awards held on February 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. View the full list of NYU winners and nominees, including 16 total Steinhardt nominations.

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Winner: Austin Wintory (BM ’06, Music Theory and Composition), composer, Sword of the Sea

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Winners: Music Adjunct Faculty Mike Tierney (MM ’17, Music Technology), engineer and Music Adjunct Faculty Alan Silverman, mastering engineer, Cerrone: Don’t Look Down

Best Dance Pop Recording

Winner: Andrew Watt (Music Business), producer, Abracadabra

Record of the Year

Nominee: Andrew Watt (Music Business), producer, Abracadabra

Album of the Year

Nominee: Andrew Watt, producer, Abracadabra

Song of the Year

Nominee: Andrew Watt, songwriter, Abracadabra

Best Children's Album

Nominee: Jeanne Montalvo Lucar (MM ’12, Music Technology), mixer, Herstory (Flor Bromley)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Nominee: Andrew Watt, songwriter, Never Too Late (from Elton John: Never Too Late)

Best Gospel Album

Nominee: Jamel Smith (MA ’19, Music Business), songwriter, Sunny Days (Yolanda Adams)

Best Historical Album

Nominee: Sharyn Felder (BS ’80, Art Education; MA ’85, Art Education), producer, You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Nominee: Tania León (BS ’71, Music Education; MA ’75, Music Composition), composer, León: Raices — Origins

Best Musical Theater Album

Nominee: Hue Park (BFA ’12, Studio Art), producer and lyricist, Maybe Happy Ending

Best Jazz Performance

Nominee: Music Adjunct Faculty Nicole Zuraitis (BM ’07, Vocal Performance), All Stars Lead to You – Live

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Nominee: Nicole Zuraitis, All Stars Lead to You – Live

Best Opera Recording

Nominee: Mary Kouyoumdjian (MA ’07, Music Theory and Composition), producer, Kouyoumdjian: Adoration

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Nominee: Piano Artist Faculty Adam Tendler, Inheritances

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