The 威尼斯人娱乐城 音乐学院 is well represented at this year’s 64th annual GRAMMY® Awards with faculty members who comprise 沙箱打击乐 and alumnus Andrés Salguero, (DMA ’11) and his wife Christina Sanabria receiving recognition for outstanding work.
沙箱打击乐 是由音乐学院教师乔纳森·艾伦、维克多·卡切斯、伊恩·罗森鲍姆和特里·斯威尼组成的四重奏。 该组合获得最佳室内乐/小型合奏和最佳当代古典作曲提名。 小号手凯文·诺伊是音乐学院的客座教授和管弦乐总监，他鼓励这个乐团来威尼斯人娱乐城任教。
“Kevin told us that 威尼斯人娱乐城 was looking to hire a percussion professor and he thought it would be great if the school would consider thinking outside the box and consider all four of us as a teaching unit,” says Rosenbaum.
The world premiere of the GRAMMY® nominated composition, “Seven Pillars” was supposed to take place in April 2020 but was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The cancellation was one of the hardest to handle. We had been developing this piece for years,” Rosenbaum says.
但取消演出和随后的空闲时间让四重奏能够专注于录音。 他们花了一年的时间来录制这张专辑，并为它制作了11部电影。 They were together in a meeting when they received the news of the GRAMMY® nomination.
“如果必须在我们参与的一个项目中发生这种情况，我们很高兴它是这个项目！” —
“We paused our meeting for a second as they announced our categories – and then we completely lost it. We knew how proud we were of this album and this work, but we never imagined that it could get recognized in this way,” says Rosenbaum. “We're also just so thrilled that these two nominations recognize not just Sandbox, but also Andy Akiho and his incredible work as a composer. If it had to happen to one project that we were involved with, we are so glad that it is this one!”
Salguero and Sanabria are “123 Andres,” a duet who focuses on children’s music. They received a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Children’s Music Album for “Activate,” their latest release, conceived to encourage children and families to be active. Salguero said he was too nervous to watch the GRAMMY® nomination livestream.
“Christina and I were home and my phone started buzzing and I was receiving text messages from friends. We were so surprised,” Salguero says.
“We are so excited to celebrate!” —
这对夫妇在过去的三年里一直在制作这张专辑。 他们已经与其他音乐家进行了远距离合作。
“Each musician was recording in their own studios. When the pandemic struck, we simply continued working this way.”
萨尔盖罗和萨纳布里亚将于4月3日在拉斯维加斯举行婚礼。 “We are so excited to celebrate!” he says.