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Patrick Dupré Quigley
Yale School of Music alumnus Patrick Dupré Quigley and his Miami-based vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire have received two Grammy Award nominations. The group’s recording of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 (A German Requiem) was nominated in the “Best Choral Performance” category. The ensemble’s A Seraphic Fire Christmas was nominated in the “Best Small Ensemble Performance” category.
Both CDs were released on Seraphic Fire Media — the Brahms recording this year and the holiday album in 2010. Recordings released between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011, were eligible for nomination by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, according to that organization.
Quigley, who earned his master’s degree in choral conducting from the Yale School of Music in 2002, founded Seraphic Fire that year. He is the organization’s artistic director.
According to its website, “Seraphic Fire is a national ‘All Star’ ensemble of professional singers chosen for their exceptional talent. Seraphic Fire flies these renowned artists to Miami for intensive rehearsals followed by engaging performance tours.”
The vocal ensemble is complemented by the Firebird Chamber Orchestra.
Quigley, who earned his undergraduate degree in musicology from the University of Notre Dame, was awarded Chorus America’s 2004 Robert Shaw Conducting Fellowship, which “recognized outstanding, emerging conductors in North America who exemplified the highest standards of choral performance.”
According to a Yale School of Music news release, baritone “Paul Max Tipton, a 2010 graduate of the vocal program at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music,” is featured on Quigley and Seraphic Fire’s recording of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
The 2011 Grammy Award nominations were announced on Nov. 30 in Los Angeles, where winners will be announced on Feb. 12, 2012.