On January 28th, 2022, the Global Music® Awards selected "Felices Días" by Maharajah Flamenco Trio as a Bronze Medal winner in the category of nuevo flamenco. The album serves as a testament of collegial music-making intended to inspire intercultural empathy and hope among humanity amid the global catastrophe of COVID-19. Listen to album. Watch documentary. Among the album's team of acclaimed musicians, engineers, and communications personnel were the following faculty and students:
Dr. Silviu Ciulei
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Composer, lead vocalist, guitars, co-mixing engineer, co-producer, claps |
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Director of Guitar Studies at the UF School of Music |
Dr. José Valentino Ruiz
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Lead producer, mixing engineering, flutist, saxophonist, background vocals. |
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Head and Inaugural Professor of Music Business & Entrepreneurship at the UF School of Music |
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Co-Chair of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Career Preparation at the UF College of the Arts |
JP Castillo
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DMA in guitar performance at the UF School of Music |
Derris Lee
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Assistant multimedia marketer |
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Bachelor of Arts in Music at the UF School of Music |
Dr. Kevin Robert Orr
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University liaison for the album |
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Director and Professor of Music at the UF School of Music |
