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For non-classical musicians, by contrast, moving into classical music signifies a kind of mastery.

'Classical crossover': A label not necessarily to be feared Anne Midgette 2010

Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of crossover music: classical artists exploring other musical genres, and non-classical artists taking the plunge into classical.

'Classical crossover': A label not necessarily to be feared Anne Midgette 2010

And then the big difference is the compositional writing and the arrangement, but it's also literally the kind of vocal technique you're using, and when that's used with non-classical voices, then it becomes this issue of, Why do you need to "up the rep" of the music you're doing?

Daniel J. Kushner: Vital Vox: "A & Q" With Gelsey Bell Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Even the professionals were impressed, as the album won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording (non-classical).

Midweek Music Moment: Aja, Steely Dan « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

The idea of non-classical composers writing a requiem is not entirely unprecedented – Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote one which premiered in 1985 and spawned the hit Pie Jesu.

Robin Gibb to honour Titanic victims in first 'classical' composition 2012

And then the big difference is the compositional writing and the arrangement, but it's also literally the kind of vocal technique you're using, and when that's used with non-classical voices, then it becomes this issue of, Why do you need to "up the rep" of the music you're doing?

Daniel J. Kushner: Vital Vox: "A & Q" With Gelsey Bell Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Goddard is exceptionally talented: the first modern, non-classical dancer to be awarded best male dancer in the National Dance awards.

The light fantastic?: ballet dancers and anorexia 2012

He won for best engineered album, non-classical, for his work on John Mayer's "Battle Studies."

Lady Antebellum, Arcade Fire take home top prizes at 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Chris Richards 2011

In 2000 they recorded Through the Looking Glass, a reimagining of music by artists including Miles Davis, the Bee Gees and, again, Weather Report, and Mullova has other non-classical schemes brewing.

Viktoria Mullova: from Russia in a blond wig 2011

Even the professionals were impressed, as the album won the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording (non-classical).

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