>>bringing cool stories to our audience eachweek that focus on the university of michigan have taken us to some special places. today we take a musical journey. [music] two school of music, theatre & dance facultymembers received grammy award nominations. our leaders & best series is brought to youby gardner-white furniture. >>each day that goes by this week, i get more and more excited about sunday. my group, silk road ensemble with yo-yo ma,we're up for two grammy's this year,
best world music album and best music film. >>there's about 3,000 entries into the classicalmusic division for example. and there's only a handful of people thatare nominated, so it's a great pleasure and an honor to representthe university of michigan at the grammy's. >>professor daugherty's tales of hemingwayis up for three grammy awards. both men are at the top of their games, producing award-winning music while teachingthe next generation of artists. >>there are some challenges in balancing aperforming career and a teaching career, and that's one of the amazing things aboutbeing here at u-m.
it is a research university, and performanceis my research. so it infuses my teaching. it actually helps me become a better teacherto continue to perform. >>the students learn from me, i learn fromthe students. it's a great collaboration. i think i view teaching as a collaboration, and all the things that i'm learning beinga professional composer out in the field, working with some of the greatest orchestrasin america, i can bring that back to the students.
>>if we win this weekend at the grammy's, michigan is right there with me. >>i don't know if i'll be able to have a chatwith beyoncã© or adele while i'm there, but it's just a great experience to go tolos angeles and represent the university of michigan, at really what is the crã¨me de la crã¨meof the people in the recording industry today. >>good luck to michigan's two nominees. the grammy's are sunday night at 8.