Artist

Blanton Alspaugh

Wins

Nominations

About Blanton Alspaugh

"If it wasn't played or sung well, nobody cares how well recorded it was."

Producer Blanton Alspaugh has been a member of the Soundmirror classical music recording and production team since 1999.
He has worked with a variety of orchestras and musicians, including Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Harrington String Quartet, William Boggs, Stanislav Pronin, and Emmanuel Feldman.
Alspaugh won his first GRAMMY for 2008 for Best Small Ensemble Performance for Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary.
Alspaugh earned a bachelor's of science degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University and a master's degree in orchestral conducting from Rice University.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Blanton Alspaugh

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2026	Best Opera Recording	Kwamé Ryan, Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Blanton Alspaugh	Heggie: Intelligence	All Nominees
2026	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2025	Best Classical Compendium	Curtis Stewart, James Blachly, Blanton Alspaugh	American Counterpoints	All Nominees
2025	Best Opera Recording	Gerard Schwarz, Tristan Hallett, Kelly Kaduce, Edward Parks, Blanton Alspaugh	Moravec: The Shining	All Nominees
2022	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2021	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2021	Best Opera Recording	William Boggs, Alexander Dobson, Keith Phares, Kate Royal, Blanton Alspaugh	Floyd, C.: Prince Of Players	All Nominees
2021	Best Classical Compendium	Matt Haimovitz, Julian Wachner, Blanton Alspaugh	Woolf, L.P.: Fire And Flood	All Nominees
2021	Best Classical Solo Vocal Album	Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton	Smyth: The Prison	All Nominees
2020	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2020	Best Choral Performance	Robert Simpson	Duruflé: Complete Choral Works	All Nominees
2019	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2019	Best Classical Compendium	Peter Oundjian, Blanton Alspaugh	Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi	All Nominees
2018	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2018	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	Patricia Kopatchinskaja, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra	Death & The Maiden	All Nominees
2018	Best Immersive Audio Album	Jesse Brayman, Blanton Alspaugh	Tyberg: Masses	All Nominees
2017	Best Opera Recording	James Conlon, Blanton Alspaugh, Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer, Guanqun Yu	Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles	All Nominees
2017	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2016	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2016	Best Choral Performance	Charles Bruffy	Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil	All Nominees
2013	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2013	Best Choral Performance	Charles Bruffy	Life & Breath - Choral Works By René Clausen	All Nominees
2012	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh		All Nominees
2011	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh	Producer Of The Year, Classical	All Nominees
2011	Best Orchestral Performance	Giancarlo Guerrero	Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina	All Nominees
2011	Classical Album	Giancarlo Guerrero, Blanton Alspaugh	Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina	All Nominees
2010	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh		All Nominees
2010	Best Opera Recording	Sara Jobin, Blanton Alspaugh, Anne-Carolyn Bird, Lisa Hopkins, Joshua Jeremiah, Museop Kim, Jeremy Little, Rodell Rosel, Steven Sanders, Faith Sherman	Musto, John: Volpone	All Nominees
2010	Classical Album	Alastair Willis, Julie Boulianne, Blanton Alspaugh	Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges	All Nominees
2009	Classical Album	Craig Hella Johnson, Blanton Alspaugh	O'Regan, Tarik: Threshold Of Night	All Nominees
2009	Best Immersive Audio Album	John Newton, Jonathan Cooper, Mark Donahue, Blanton Alspaugh	Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works	All Nominees
2009	Classical Album	Charles Bruffy, Blanton Alspaugh	Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary	All Nominees
2009	Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale	Spotless Rose: Hymns To The Virgin Mary	All Nominees
2008	Producer Of The Year, Classical	Blanton Alspaugh		All Nominees
2008	Classical Album	Charles Bruffy, Blanton Alspaugh	Grechaninov: Passion Week	All Nominees
2008	Best Immersive Audio Album	John Newton, Jonathan Cooper, Blanton Alspaugh	Grechaninov: Passion Week	All Nominees
2007	Best Opera Recording	Stewart Robertson, Blanton Alspaugh, Brian Anderson, Dorothy Byrne, Beth Clayton, Kristopher Irmiter, Brandon Jovanovich, James Maddalena, Michael Todd Simpson, Caroline Worra	Bennett: The Mines Of Sulphur	All Nominees