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== Awards and honors == ''Switched-On Bach'' was the winner of three Grammy Awards at the [[12th Annual Grammy Awards|1970 ceremony]]:<ref name="Grammy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/wendy-carlos/1220|title=Wendy Carlos {{pipe}} Grammy Awards|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=April 24, 2023|archive-date=March 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313133258/https://www.grammy.com/artists/wendy-carlos/1220|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blood, Sweat and Tears beat out Beatles, Cash |work=[[Beaver County Times]] |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |date=March 13, 1970 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sbIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2443,3660539 |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214170940/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sbIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2443%2C3660539 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album|Album of the Year, Classical]] * [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance β Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)|Best Classical Performance β Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra)]] * [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical|Best Engineered Recording, Classical]] Carlos received three additional nominations for Best Classical Performance β Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Or Without Orchestra) and Best Engineered Recording, Classical for ''[[The Well-Tempered Synthesizer]]'', and [[Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album|Best Recording for Children]] for ''[[Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic and Wendy Carlos album)|Peter And The Wolf/Carnival Of The Animals (Part II)]]''.<ref name="Grammy"/> In 2005, Carlos was the recipient of the [[SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award]] "in recognition of lifetime achievement and contribution to the art and craft of electro-acoustic music" by the [[Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States]].<ref name="seamus_award">{{cite web |url=http://www.seamusonline.org/index.html |title=Wendy Carlos receives the 2005 SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award |date=April 15, 2005 |publisher=seamusonline.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060126145530/http://www.seamusonline.org/seamusaward3.1.html |archive-date=January 26, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060130210938/http://www.seamusonline.org/index.html |date=January 30, 2006 |title=Summary }})<!--w/date-->.</ref> Carlos is the first transgender recipient of a [[Grammy Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneering electronic musician Wendy Carlos was the first trans woman to win a Grammy |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/wendy-carlos-electronic-musician-first-trans-woman-grammy/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Classic FM |language=en}}</ref>
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