{"688374":{"#nid":"688374","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Composer Brittney Boykin Featured on Two Grammy-Nominated Albums","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECompositions by Brittney Boykin, assistant professor and director of choral activities in the School of Music, are featured on two albums nominated for the 2026 Grammy Awards in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoykin\u2019s work explores themes of identity, spirituality, vulnerability, and human connection. Her seven-song cycle, \u003Cem\u003E26 Ways of Looking at a Black Man\u003C\/em\u003E, appears alongside works by William Grant Still, creating a cross-generational dialogue through music. Additional compositions appear on \u003Cem\u003EIn This Short Life\u003C\/em\u003E, featuring selections from her Maya Angelou-inspired song cycle \u003Cem\u003EMoments in Sonder\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoykin\u2019s national recognition highlights the impact of creative scholarship at Georgia Tech and reflects the Institute\u2019s mission to improve the human condition through the arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full story on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/feature\/boykin-compositions-featured-grammy-nominated-albums?utm_source=newsletter\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=Boykin%20Compositions%20Featured%20on%20Two%20Grammy-Nominated%20Albums%C2%A0\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20Dec.%209%2C%202025\u0022\u003ESchool of Music\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Music faculty member Brittney Boykin is featured on two albums nominated for the 2026 Grammy Awards in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category. Her compositions explore themes of identity and human connection, reflecting the powerful role of the arts in advancing creativity and scholarship at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech School of Music faculty member Brittney Boykin is featured on two albums nominated for the 2026 Grammy Awards"}],"uid":"36758","created_gmt":"2026-02-18 20:51:25","changed_gmt":"2026-02-18 21:03:22","author":"LaKenya Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679362":{"id":"679362","type":"image","title":"Grammy.png","body":null,"created":"1771448326","gmt_created":"2026-02-18 20:58:46","changed":"1771448326","gmt_changed":"2026-02-18 20:58:46","alt":"Grammy.png","file":{"fid":"263512","name":"Grammy.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/18\/Grammy.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/18\/Grammy.png","mime":"image\/png","size":622620,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/18\/Grammy.png?itok=heMQrWoB"}}},"media_ids":["679362"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"660380","name":"GT Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"183499","name":"georgia tech arts"},{"id":"185855","name":"GT arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}