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| Students perform at Latin Grammy Awards w/ Alejandro Sanz Berklee College of Music students have been invited to perform alongside Spanish superstar Alejandro Sanz during the 2013 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. The students were invited by Javier Limón, Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Music Institute at Berklee. The Latin Grammy Awards air on the Univision Network, Thursday, November 21 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT). The opportunity for students to perform at the ceremony comes after an epic performance with Sanz the night he was awarded a Berklee honorary doctorate. "A few weeks ago, I had the honor to introduce my dear friend Alejandro Sanz to the Berklee community in the best way he deserves. Now the magic continues with this special trip to the Latin Grammys with 30 exceptional students from Berklee, " said Limón. "These are the kind of initiatives led by the Mediterranean Music Institute." The students performing at the Latin Grammy award ceremony represent Berklee's diversity with musicians hailing from Latin American countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, and Colombia; as well as Greece, Spain, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and the United States. With more than thirty percent of the student population representing more than 91 countries, Berklee students gain an appreciation of the rich variety and interdependence of cultural traditions around the world. Berklee alumni and faculty are nominated for 12 Latin Grammy Awards this year. Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than 65 years, the college has evolved to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business, leading the way with the world's first baccalaureate studies in jazz, rock, electric guitar, film scoring, songwriting, turntables, electronic production, and more than a dozen other genres and fields of study. Berklee serves distance learners worldwide through its award-winning online extension school, Berklee Online. The college's national after school music program for underserved teens, the Berklee City Music Network, is in 30 cities and counting. A new campus in Spain, Berklee in Valencia, began hosting the college's first graduate programs in the fall of 2012. With a diverse and talented student body representing nearly 100 countries, and alumni and faculty that have collectively won more than 270 Grammys and Latin Grammys, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow. The Mediterranean Music Institute at Berklee The Mediterranean Music Institute (MMI) is part of Berklee's Valencia campus activities as well as a focused area of study in Boston. Its mission is to study Mediterranean musical traditions, to contribute to the cultural exchange of folk-based music from the various regions of the Mediterranean, to promote them internationally, and to support young and emerging talent from the area through scholarships and coursework. The MMI will bring performers, artists, teachers, scholars, and students together to research, study, and perform various styles, gaining insight and experiences that will lead to the formulation of pedagogical standards. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |