Karen Slack’s debut album Beyond the Years — Unpublished Songs of Florence Price (July 26, 2024, Azica Records) has won the GRAMMY® Award in the Best Classical Solo Vocal category. Produced by Azica’s Alan Bise and ONEcomposer, the album features Slack alongside pianist Michelle Cann. Slack’s first-ever commercial recording, Beyond the Years features 19 unpublished songs by Price,…
Two Azica releases have received 2025 Grammy Nominations! Both are nominated in the “Best Classical Solo Vocal Album” category. “Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price” Karen Slack & Michelle Cann Produced by Azica’s Alan Bise and ONEcomposer, an organization that celebrates musicians whose legacies have been historically excluded, Beyond the Years features a superstar duo of…
Featuring 19 Unpublished Songs by Composer Florence Price, Including 16 World Premiere Recordings, Championed by ONEcomposer “not only one of the nation’s most celebrated sopranos, but a leading voice in changing-making spaces in classical music” – Trilloquy New York, NY (June 6, 2024) – On Friday, July 26, 2024, soprano Karen Slack– known for…
Uncovered, Volume 3 earned a Grammy nomination today in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category! Performed by the Catalyst Quartet, the album features works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and George Walker. It was produced and engineered by Alan Bise at the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City. Listen here!
On September 8, 2023, Aaron P. Dworkin – one of the most impactful leaders of color in the arts industry – releases his debut spoken world album, The Poetjournalist, on Azica Records. A celebrated arts activist and political advisor, 2005 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow, and founder of the Sphinx Organization, the leading arts organization transforming lives through the…
The Telegraph Quartet’s newest album, Divergent Paths, was praised in the August 31 New York Times article, “5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now.” “Emphasizing the historical point, however, should not obscure the straightforward musical values of “Divergent Paths.” The world may not be in compelling need of another recording of the…
August 25 is release day! Azica releases Divergent Paths: Schoenberg and Ravel, performed by the Telegraph Quartet, in residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Recorded at St. Stephen’s Church in Belvedere, California, Divergent Paths is the first in a series of recordings titled 20th Century Vantage Points. Divergent Paths is set for worldwide release,…
February 8, 2023: Alan Bise wins another Grammy! “Shaw:Evergreeen” performed by Caroline Shaw and the Attacca Quartet won the Grammy for “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” at the 67th annual Grammy Awards. This record was released by Nonesuch. Alan produced and engineered this record, accounting for his second Grammy win. Shaw:Evergreeen
