Reimagining Regional Music: Thoughts on Music from the Colombian Andes, Alejandro Sánchez–Samper

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Alejandro Sánchez–Samper, Professor of Music, as they discuss honoring and bringing new life to Columbian Andean regional music. Professor Sánchez–Samper is the Assistant Director of Commercial Music in the Department of Music, in the School of the Arts, for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, at Florida Atlantic University.Alejandro Sánchez–Samper was recently nominated for a Latin Grammy and is currently working on a documentary project about Columbian Andean music. He received an ASCAP fellowship award to study film scoring at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, where he was mentored by various distinguished film composers such as Howard Shore, Jeff Rona, Thomas Newman and John Williams. He has written, produced and recorded music for film, orchestra, stage and commercial music projects. He is the faculty supervisor for Hoot/Wisdom Recordings and teaches Audio Engineering for the Musician, Live Sound Reinforcement, Computer Music Sequencing and Introduction to Music Business.Hoot/Wisdom Recordings L.L.C is a student-run record label, located right on Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton Campus.