The Grammys aren’t until February, but Texas artists started celebrations early.

Members of the Recording Academy’s Texas chapter gathered at the Granada Theater in Dallas to celebrate this year’s new class of members and its nominees.

“I think the cool thing about the Grammys is that there is the big shiny object of the awards. For somebody like me, when I got into the Recording Academy, I was kinda like, ‘OK, well who doesn't want to win a Grammy,?’ You know? That's great,” said Latin Grammy-nominated singer Gina Chavez . “And then once I got in, I realized it's actually so much more than that.”

Chavez is the president of the Recording Academy’s Texas Chapter, which also includes Oklahoma.

Through the group, Chavez met Karin Bliznik, a St. Louis-based trumpet player, and the two

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