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It's going to be a big weekend for a Brooklyn music teacher who was part of an ensemble that's nominated for a Grammy.
Mark Edwards was a guitarist for an album by Fontina Naumenko and composer Jonathan Newman called "Bespoke Songs." His ensemble is facing steep competition in the "Best Classical Solo Vocal Album" category.
It's the first nomination for the accomplished musician.
"We very much knew when we were recording it that like, 'oh, my goodness, this is amazing.' But you would never expect to receive accolades necessarily. But it turns out that we weren't the only ones who thought that it was great," Edwards told CBS News New York reporter Hannah Kliger.
But when he's not recording professional albums, he's with his favorite guitarists, his music students at Success Academy in Prospect Heights.