Full Sail Graduates Win at Latin GRAMMY Awards
WINTER PARK, FL: December 5, 2007 – Full Sail Real World Education (www.fullsail.com) is proud to congratulate graduate, Maria Gaucin on her recent Latin GRAMMY win for Best Tejano Album, as well as graduate, Sebastian Krys on his win for Producer of the Year.
Gaucin, a 2002 Recording Arts graduate, is a four-time Latin GRAMMY nominee. In 2005, Gaucin was nominated twice - one nomination with the band, “La Mafia” for Best Grupero Album, which won, and another with the band, “Los Palominos” for best Norteno Album. One year later in 2006, “La Mafia” was nominated once again for Best Tejano Album, which also won, and Gaucin took home her second Latin GRAMMY Award. Now most recently in 2007, Gaucin faced her fourth nomination with the band “Los Palominos” at the 8th Annual Latin GRAMMY Award show where she was awarded her third Latin GRAMMY in a row.
“Full Sail's qualified staff gave me the knowledge and the courage to follow my dreams and to achieve them. Full Sail laid the foundation for my success in this industry, from the long hours to the excitement of learning new equipment and techniques. My third GRAMMY win is just as exciting as my first. I'm thankful to be working in this industry, let alone be awarded for my work,” said Gaucin.
Krys, also a Recording Arts graduate, continues to succeed in the Latin pop and rock genres. To date, Krys has been nominated four times for Producer of the Year, four times for Album of the Year, three times for Record of the Year, and twice for the Best Engineered Album between the Latin GRAMMY’S and the GRAMMY’S combined. He has worked with an extensive list of top artists such as: Marc Anthony, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Mandy Moore, Gloria Estefan, Will Smith, Long Beach Dub All Stars with The Black Eyed Peas, Luis Fonsi, and many more.
“Full Sail gave me the tools to go into the marketplace and helped me to get my foot in the door of the music industry,” Krys said. Full Sail’s Program Director of Recording Arts, Bill Smith further added, “ To receive a GRAMMY Award is such a distinguished and incredible honor. We are tremendously proud of the remarkable success that these two graduates have individually achieved.”
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 27,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar, Emmy and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour seven out of the last seven years. Full Sail's 178-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,600 students from 50 states and 47 countries.
Full Sail currently offers a total of thirteen degree programs including: Associate of Science Degrees offered in Graphic Design, Recording Arts and Show Production & Touring; Bachelor of Science Degrees offered in Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business (online), Film, Game Art, Game Development, Music Business and Web Design & Development; and a Master of Science Degree in Education Media Design & Technology (online) and Entertainment Business (online and on-campus).
Students on-campus experience a real world education with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day and a 24-hour around the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the Most Innovative Program Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The college has also been named: The Harvard of Game Schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media Schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the Best Music Programs in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the Best Music Business Departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.
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