Grammy-nominated quartet with Seattle ties has the sound of angels The four women aren’t just singers, but educators and composers who came together online to create their distinctive sound. by The new Seattle-Los Angeles vocal group säje is nominated for a Grammy this year. From left: Amanda Taylor, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and Erin Bentlage. (Lauren Desberg) The music floats and sweeps and whirls. It is what angels might sound like, if angels gathered to harmonize on the wind. It emanates delicacy and power, with ethereal layers of tones and timbres. That’s what it is like for me, listening to “Desert Song” by rising female vocal quartet säje. No wonder the dazzling track won the Seattle-Los Angeles group a coveted nomination for a 2021 Grammy Award — for best arrangement of instruments and vocals. The group will get its first national exposure performing the track at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (a preshow before the main event,