Study Group Details

The Grammy award is presented each year by the Recording Academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. As the only peer-recognized music award, the Grammy is the music industry’s highest honor. With a total of 86 categories celebrating the best of pop, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, Latin, classical, Musical Theater, and more, thousands of music creators have been recognized by the Grammys since its inception in 1959.

Every week, a different presenter in the class will talk about four or five artists who have won Grammys. Each class will have a different focus. One will cover the four artists who won lifetime achievement awards in 1992; another will explore lesser-known artists who have won the lifetime achievement award. You'll also learn about four artists who have each won more than 20 Grammys; about "folk" music that has won awards over the years; about how some Grammy-winning pop icons managed to change their style over long careers; about the great blues musicians, and the influence of the blues on the development of rock ‘n roll. And in an interesting twist, one presenter will focus on "over-intellectualizing Canadian artists" who have won Grammys.

Artists to be covered range from folk icon Woody Guthrie to rock pioneer Chuck Berry, and from classical pianist Glenn Gould to pop icon Ella Fitzgerald. Other artists include Little Richard, Muddy Waters, BB King, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, John Prine, Gil-Scott Heron, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Henri Mancini, Chick Corea, and many more.

This study group has a high class size capacity.

Class Coordinators: Larry Gondelman, Dan Moskowitz, and Mark Stevens