High School Music alumna Mary-Mitchell Campbell (HS Music ’92) is nominated in the best musical theater album category for her role as a producer on “Some Like It Hot.” Campbell is also the music supervisor for the production. This is her first Grammy nomination. She received an honorary doctorate from UNCSA when she returned to speak at commencement in 2019.
Voice alumna Joanna Gates (B.M. Music ’04) is nominated as a member of The Crossing, a professional chamber choir, in the best choral performance category for the album “Carols After a Plague,” conducted by Donald Nally. Gates has previously won three Grammy Awards with The Crossing, in 2018, 2019 and 2023.
The 66th annual Grammy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 4, from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS and on the Paramount+ app.
About Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a conductor, music director, orchestrator, composer and arranger who crosses genres easily between classical, pop, and Broadway styles of music. She has served as the music director for many Broadway shows including:“Mean Girls,” “The Prom,” “My Love Letter to Broadway” with Kristin Chenoweth, “Tuck Everlasting,” “Finding Neverland,” “Big Fish,” “The Addams Family,” “Company,” and “Sweeney Todd.” She also music directed Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, “Road Show,” at the Public Theater.
Campbell won a Drama Desk for Best Orchestrations for the 2006 revival of “Company” starring Raul Esparza and was nominated for best orchestrations for her work on the off-Broadway productions of “Allegro” and “Hello Again.” She has a very active concert career and performs frequently with Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Jonathan Groff, Laura Benanti and Raul Esparza. In her pop career, she has worked with Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, John Legend, Amy Grant, Kelly Clarkson, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, and Josh Groban in concerts.
