Choir Worksheet - Grammy Awards:

Directions:

Email me your answers, added to this sheet or on a separate document

Helpful websites:

http://www.grammy.com/awards/1st-annual-grammy-awards

http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?year=1958 – From here you can search ANY year or

category!

1) One of the most prestigious awards in Music is the Grammy Award… which is short for

Gramophone. What is a Gramophone?

2) The first Grammy Awards – what date and in what location were they held?

3) What did Frank Sinatra win his first Grammy for? (Hint… it was not singing...)

4) Who was the first woman to win for Best Vocal Performance? What was the name of her album?

5) For the first Grammy Awards, who won for Best Children’s Album?

For the YEAR THAT YOU WERE BORN:

6) Which artist/group won Best Record of the Year, and what was the name of the record?

7) Name one Grammy Winner, from that year, that you have never heard of before.

8) Who won Best Choral Performance, and for what work?

9) Who won Best New Artist?

10) Who won Best Country Album?

Random Grammy Info:

11) Who was the oldest person to win a Grammy, and for which award?

12) Who was the youngest person to win a Grammy, and for which award?

13) What is the American Roots category? (I don’t think it has to do with trees…)

14) Awarded mere months after I was born, Gloria Gaynor won a Grammy for which award (the award

that became the truest definition of One-Hit-Wonder)? This award was only given once!

15) You may need to use Wikipedia for this… but please name FIVE (5) different awards in FIVE (5)

different categories that are no longer awarded.

Some favorites:

16) Which year, category, and song did Pentatonix win a Grammy Award for?

17) Which award was given to Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival, recorded nearby in

Eugene, which included Chorus?

18) Using the Grammy website to look up a category of music you like (such as Country, Classical, Pop,

Rap, etc) find five songs that you like to listen to, and list their titles.

19) How many awards, and for what songs, has Adele won Grammy’s?

20) How many awards, and for what words, has Eric Whitacre won Grammy’s?