Five years ago Triton College music professor, Dr. Peter Jermihov, made a personal commitment to record one newly composed classical liturgical composition per year.  At the time, he did not realize the decision to give living composers of sacred music an arena to be heard would put him in the same company with artists such as Lizzo, H.E.R, and Lil’ Nas X. Ultimately, Jermihov’s decision landed him a 2020 GRAMMY Award nomination as the conductor for Best Choral Performance for Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. The 62nd GRAMMY Awards will be on January 26, 2020. Jermihov, a Chicago native with Russian-emigre parents, is the conductor of the Patriarch Tikhon Russian American Music Institute Singers, or PaTRAM Singers. He is an internationally recognized specialist in Orthodox liturgical music and the choir he conducts, The PaTRAM Singers, is a top Orthodox professional chamber choir comprised of accomplished vocal artists from the United States and Canada.