José Valentino Ruiz, Thaddaeus Bourne, and Silviu Ciulei Received Five 2023 Summer Season Global Music® Awards
These awards are shared with their students, Chris Shelton and Derris Lee, as part of experiential learning assignments.
José Valentino Ruiz, Ph.D., Program Coordinator of Music Business & Entrepreneurship; Thaddaeus Bourne, D.M.A., Visiting Professor of Voice; and Silviu Ciulei, D.M., Director of Guitar Studies, School of Music were awarded four Global Music® Outstanding Achievement Awards for their interdisciplinary work in STEM + Arts Production as artists, producers, composer, audio engineers, record label executives, and album marketing strategists in the categories of Jazz Performance (x2), Instrumentalist, and Latin Jazz Album. The Global Music® Awards are the music industry's premiere international peer-reviewed awards for excellence for independent music enterprises.
Additionally, José Valentino Ruiz received an International Singer-Songwriter Association® Award and the Impact DOCS® Award of Excellence
José Valentino Ruiz, worked as a recording engineer and saxophonist for the album "Ese Amor" by Delia Cano, which won the secured the 2023 International Singer Songwriter's Association® Award for International Female Album of the Year. This award is presented to the best singer-songwriter album, meticulously curated through a multi-stage adjudication process involving thousands of submissions. It signifies the highest-quality music productions from artists outside the United States.
He also won the 2023 Impact DOCS® Festival Award of Excellence for Documentary Feature for his role as Film Composer, Audio Engineer, and Multi-Instrumentalist (Flutist, Saxophonist, Bassist, Keyboardist) in "The Asylum" directed by Jamie Gutierrez. The documentary explores the powerful journey of Miami High School’s legacy as a multi-championship program in the 80s and 90s.
Congrats to all winners!