![]() ![]() “There are no shredding guitar solos, no belted high notes or raspy screams, no heavy drum fills,” project director Clint Haycraft said on Los Rios’ website. Pet Sounds isn’t the typical music you would expect to hear teens listening to today. Trevor Remeyer from Dana Point on bass, vocals, “God Only Knows,” “Good Vibrations.” Cast members also hailed from Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, Trabuco Canyon and Irvine. San Clemente performers included Kopenhefer, Chad Tamayo, Drew Gordnier and Elle Sanders. It was a satisfying reward after three months of learning and rehearsals. The students brought Pet Sounds to life in one long, exhilarating day at Hybrid Studios in Santa Ana. The 43-minute film showcases the students’ skills performing 13 tracks from Pet Sounds, plus two bonus tracks. Los Rios announced last fall that its recording of Pet Sounds and a video of the kids’ May, 2019 recording session had scored nominations in two Grammy categories-Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Music Film. San Clemente’s Lilah Kopenhefer, guitarist, backup vocals, lead vocal on “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times.” What is unique about Los Rios Rock School, said Marolf, who started it in 2010, is that students also can audition to create an ensemble to learn an entire album and record it, faithful to the original. She knew, going in, that Los Rios students periodically get to pick a favorite song to play at a live show, perhaps at The Coach House or House of Blues, performing with other students with whom they’ve been practicing. When Kopenhefer, 18, signed up with Los Rios for guitar lessons at age 12, she never dreamed her horizons would expand like this. Pet Sounds was one of the most complex, game-changing musical productions of its time, an era when rock music was advancing by leaps and bounds. “It made me more inspired to keep on playing and to know that anything could happen. “I feel so good about it,” Kopenhefer said. Not ending up on the final five of the ballot, it was sure awesome to get that far.” “We didn’t make it onto the ballot,” said Tyler Marolf, Los Rios’ founder. ![]() They were thrilled to be recognized for the musicianship they exhibited in recreating The Beach Boys’ iconic 1966 album Pet Sounds. on CBS-TV, Lilah Kopenhefer of San Clemente and fellow performers from Los Rios Rock School of San Juan Capistrano can say they were contenders in two categories. When the 63rd Grammy Awards telecast airs this Sunday, March 14, at 5 p.m. Who would guess that 21 high school and middle school students could earn nominations to compete for the pinnacle of American music, the Grammy Awards?
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