COMPOSER   
MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST   
IMPROVISER   
​EDUCATOR
Christopher Garcia continues to garner critical accolades and popular acclaim
and receive commissions and invitations to perform his compositions
in 28 countries on 5 continents.  

A "native" of EAST Los Angeles, Garcia grew up “in the county"
not the city of Los Angeles, CA USA

A musical "polyglot" Garcia is known for
MAKING MUSIC
with either

drumset
1973 to the present 
avant
jazz - inside, outside, upside down and sideways
rock
prog
ZAPPA music

arranging music for various ensembles, chamber groups and orchestras
1977 to the present

marimbist
1978 to the present

percussion of north and south India
avant garde percussion in creative improvised music
1979 to the present


EL MONSTRO PERCUSSION
1988 to the present
​an ever changing amalgamation of instruments
of India, Europe and the Americas creating a new
organic resonance of percussion all within arms reach​

original compositions 
2000 to the present

the MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA
on drumset or marimba
2002 to the present

indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments of Mesoamerica
2005 to the present

He is consistently invited to compose and collaborate
within an eclectic variety of musical settings and artistic collaborators
with a vast array of musical artists ranging from
classical Western and/or Indian,
​folkloric, 
indigenous,
jazz,
rock,
chamber and symphonic music
​
he is also a
husband,
father,
grandfather
and
great grandfather


​worldwide PRINT MEDIA describes him as 
 
" a most uncommon percussionist"
 “acclaimed as a composer and virtuosic improviser…”
  “amazing” 
 "an absolute lunatic..."
 " beyond categorization or even simple description"
 "captivating"
  "combining and extending traditions"
  "a composer"
  “connecting with the deeper currents of the soul….”
  "culture bearer"
  "educator"
  “effortless”
  "enabler"
  "engaging"
  "ethnomusicologist" 
  "exploration of rarely charted musical waters......"
  “explosive”
  "extending traditions"
  “exquisite” 
 “Extraordinarily creative, visionary drummer/percussionist”
  "extraordinary music, extraordinary musician" 
  "extraordinary array of sound and rhythms"
  "flawless and full of passion"
  “he knows the silence”  
  "highly talented and creative musician and a studious researcher ...."
  "honoring, exploring, and blending different musical cultures
   and their unique instruments"
  "improviser" 
  "incredible"
  “innovative”
  “intriguing” 
  " inventive,  introspective, and detailed in it's approach"
  “knowledgeable and deeply passionate”
  "massively accomplished"
  "magical stuff"
  "masterful"
  "mentor"
  "the MUSIC, the SOUND and THE SILENCE are relentless..."
  "musician" 
  "a musical polyglot"
  "multi cultural musical ambassador"
  "multi faceted master musician"
  “organic”
  “other worldly”
  "percussionist"
  "phenomenal”
  "poet"
  "powerful"
  "professor"
  “profound” 
  "a religious experience"
  "a renaissance man"
  “resonates” 
  “revels in the new and unexpected”
  " sensitive and tasteful manifestor of thoroughly enjoyable musical experiences"
  “the silence he creates is almost as deafening as the sound he creates…” 
  "sometimes you don't even hear it, you just feel it......this is magical stuff"
  “sounding an inner magic” 
   “sound, spirit and concept"
  “the spirit of his connection to the earth”
  "spiritually enlightening"
  “spontaneous”
  “superlative musicianship”
  "supremely gifted educator" 
  “thought provoking"
  "transcends generations, traditions and culture..."
  "transformative"
  “ true genre bender”
  “ true sound master”
  "unforgettable"
  "unique"
 “unprecedented music”
  "uplifiting"
   "virtuosic improviser"
   " visionary"
   "vocabulary that spans centuries and cultures and a deep respect for tradition...."

  
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His fascination with rhythm and the colour of sound allows him to be a group 
member and frequent collaborator/composer with various critically acclaimed 
classical,
jazz,
rock,
​and world music ensembles  with whom he  continues to concertize 
with performances in: 
Australia,
Austria,
Belgium,
Bosnia,
Brazil,
Canada,
Costa Rica,
Croatia,
the Czech Republic, 
Denmark,
England,
France,
Germany,
Holland,
Hungary,
Italy,
Korea,
Macedonia,
Mexico, 
Norway,
Scotland,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
the United States
and
​Wales.


Garcia's website continues to average
2,000 monthly visitors

and  his 

EDUCATIONAL YOUTUBES
have over 162,000 visitors.