{"id":106231,"date":"2024-10-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=106231"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:37:14","slug":"wweek-raven-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wweek-raven-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Willamette Week: Coty Raven Morris Named a Grammy Semifinalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spotlight_CotyRavenMorris.png\" alt=\"All Classical Radio host Coty Raven Morris, by Christine Dong\" class=\"wp-image-94735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spotlight_CotyRavenMorris.png 600w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spotlight_CotyRavenMorris-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spotlight_CotyRavenMorris-425x319.png 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p><em>By Rachel Saslow for Willamette Week<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portland State University choir professor and All Classical Radio host Coty Raven Morris is a top-25 semifinalist for the Grammy\u2019s 2025 Music Educator Award. This is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/music\/2023\/12\/12\/all-classical-radios-coty-raven-morris-is-a-finalist-for-the-recording-academy-and-grammy-museums-educator-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second year in a row<\/a>&nbsp;that Morris has been in the running for the award for U.S. music teachers, which is presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 2,400 people were nominated for the award this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cComing off the nerves and excitement of last year, my students and I made a pact that no matter what happens with these kinds of acknowledgments and recognitions, we would celebrate each other\u2019s growth as a part of our community practice, win or lose,\u201d Morris said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/music\/2024\/10\/07\/psu-choir-professor-coty-raven-morris-named-a-grammy-semifinalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wweek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading All Classical Radio&#8217;s full announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/coty-raven-morris-grammy-museum25\/\">on the Arts Blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><I>By Rachel Saslow for Willamette Week<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nPortland State University choir professor and All Classical Radio host Coty Raven Morris is a top-25 semifinalist for the Grammy\u2019s 2025 Music Educator Award. This is the\u00a0second year in a row\u00a0that Morris has been in the running for the award for U.S. music teachers, which is presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":94735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4996],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 04:36:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106294,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106231\/revisions\/106294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}