An orchestral work commissioned by the Boyer College of Music and Dance and performed earlier this year by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award.

An orchestral work commissioned by the Boyer College of Music and Dance and performed earlier this year by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award.

Nominations were announced Dec. 1 in Los Angeles. The composition, "fourth stream...La Banda," for orchestra, jazz combo and solo trumpet, was written by former Boyer faculty member and 2009 Grammy-winner Bill Cunliffe. More than 300 other nominees were on the ballot in the “Best Instrumental Composition” category, with the top five announced on Dec. 1.

Under the direction of Luis Biava and featuring Terell Stafford on trumpet, "fourth stream...La Banda" was performed to sold-out houses at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in March 2010 and at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in April 2010.

“The Temple University Symphony Orchestra’s association with the Grammy nomination is a testimony to the outstanding talent of our music students and faculty, especially Luis Biava and Terell Stafford," said Boyer Dean Robert T. Stroker, who commissioned the work. "Bill Cunliffe is a uniquely gifted composer and arranger and did an exemplary job showcasing our terrific orchestra and jazz students. We look forward to the Grammy Awards in February.”

Luis Biava is artistic director and conductor of the TUSO and Terell Stafford is director of Jazz Studies and interim chair of Instrumental Studies at the Boyer College. At Alice Tully Hall, the work was performed on a program that also included an orchestral work co-commissioned by the college: Ansel Adams: America, composed by jazz great Dave Brubeck and his son, Chris, and featuring 100 works by the noted photographer. Brubeck and members of Adams’ family were in attendance.

The recording, released under the college's record label, BCM&D Records, was mixed at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and is available for purchase and download at CD Baby, iTunes and other major distributors. Dean Stroker served as executive producer.

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on February 13, 2011 at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.