COMPOSITIONS
TIMELINE
1979 thru the present
arranged and recorded compositions for
several ensembles including
CONTINUUM
keys, bass, guitar, woodwinds, drusmet/percussion
LOONEY BOOMS
all percussion ensemble
drumset, found objects, mallets, hand drums
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA's
QUARTETO NUEVO
classical guitar, bajo, woodwinds, percussion of MesoAmerica and India
ANADIS MUSIC
Chinese pipa and ruan, Indian sarode, sitar, surbanar
percussion of India
1998 thru the present
composed and recorded compositions for
CONTINUUM
QUARTETO NUEVO
ANADIS MUSIC
2008
Garcia is invited to coach the percussion section of the
BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY, CA USA
for their presentation of
CARLOS CHAVEZ
SINFONIA INDIA
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
SENSEMAYA
with indigenous instruments of Mesoamerica/Mexico
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/symphonic.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2011 - 2012
INDIGENA
Garcia composed original music for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
woodwind quintet
premiered by
Christopher Garcia and QUINTETO LATINO
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/quinteto-latino.html
(60 minutes of music)
multiple performances throughout California, USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2013
AGUILA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4UzOi0Oeg
composed by Christopher Garcia
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
woodwind quintet
performed at the
LATINO CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
one of 9 composers invited
held in
San Francisco, CA
by
Christopher Garcia - indigenous breath, percussion and string percussion of Mesoamerica/Mexico
with
QUINTETO LATINO
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/quinteto-latino.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MISA AZTECA
a modern symphonic oratorio
with lyrics in Latin, Nahuatl and Spanish
composed by
Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Christopher played indigenous percussion of Mexico/Mesoamerica
at
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles, CA USA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/misa-azteca.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2014/2015
to the present
MEXCLA MUSIC
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
classical guitar
with multiple performances throughout California, USA
MEXCLA MUSIC SITE
mexclamusic.weebly.com/
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Ag5_yLOvA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2016
to the present
A SCATTERING OF JADES
composed by Christopher Garcia
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7PSZOWN92Y
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
pedal harp
musicbeyondborders.weebly.com/
(EXCERPT FROM MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS 90 MINUTES TOTAL )
premiered at EL CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC 2016
Mexico City, MX
performed by
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
with
Christopher Garcia and Tasha Smith Godinez
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2017
OUT OF THE MAYAN TOMBS
nightfirefilms.org/films/out-of-the-maya-tombs/
Garcia provided music on indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mesoamericafor the documentary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MISA AZTECA
CHAMBER VERSION
with
Christopher Garcia
Indigenous percussion instruments of Mesoamerica/Mexico
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW PLAYLIST
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7GMXRQo3CSi1JRkCMw3Jy8aNjNCQUaq7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aztec Flower Songs and Story:
The Prophetical Case for Guadalupe
Lectures organized by
Joseph Julian Gonzalez
with Dr. Ezekiel Stear
and
Christopher Garcia presenting
Indigenous musical performance practices
Presented at
BOWERS MUSEUM
Santa Ana, CA USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2018
RESONANCIA
MULTI MEDIA EVENT
CAL ARTS INAUGURAL LATIN FEST
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/resonancia-multi-media.html
compositions for
indigenous breath,
string and percussion instruments
and
marimba
pedal harp
woodwind trio
classical guitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGpLtpcK0jQ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EHECATL
composed by Christopher Garcia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JirYb2WMfeA
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
piano forte
extended techniques
electronics manipulation of sound in real time
(EXCERPT FROM MEXICO ATEMPORAL 60 MINUTES TOTAL )
premiered at FUNDACION SEBASTIAN
Mexico City, MX
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
Christopher Garcia - indigenous breath, percussion and string percussion of Mesoamerica/Mexico=
with
Pablo Lenero Archer - piano forte
MEXICO ATEMPORAL SITE
mexicoatemporalmusic.weebly.com/about.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2019
to the present
RESONANCIA
XOCHI CUICATL
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
FLOR Y CANTO
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/media.html
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
marimba
poetry of MesoAmerica
voice
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC SITE
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UCLA SYMPHONY
presents
CARLOS CHAVEZ SINFONIA INDIA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/sinfonia-india-ucla.html
instruments provided for and percussion ensemble
coached by Christopher Garcia
the piece was performed back to back for the first time
1st with western substitute instruments
followed by a performance with
indigenous instruments as the piece was originally intended
the piece was presented twice in the same evening
the first time with western substitute instruments
the 2nd time with the indigenous instruments it was originally intended for
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KsQhPIx9C8&t=1s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA
performed at
St Katharinen Church Hamburg, Germany
Garcia invited to play Zappas music on concert marimba
united-mutations.blogspot.com/2019/07/zappanale-30-hamburg-event.html
zappanale-festival.de/en/archiv/programm-26/tag/Zappanale%2030.html?start=12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2020
Garcia was one of 19 musicians invited to participate
@
Defining New Directions in Latin America
and
Latino Concert Music
Exploratory Seminar
@
RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY @ HARVARD
projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021
Garcia was invited to present music for
NAHUA VOICES ON THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO:
"De cómo los españoles conquistaron a la ciudad de México"
Book 12, Florentine Codex
www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3330.html
in conjunction with
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(GRI)
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
(LACMA)
BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA E HISTORIA
CLICK ON LINK TO EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4pxnDRKCHI
With his ensemble
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
XOCHI CUICATL
FLOR Y CANTO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2022
UCLA SYMPHONY
presents
CARLOS CHAVEZ SINFONIA INDIA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/sinfonia-india-ucla.html
at ROYCE HALL UCLA
instruments provided for percussion ensemble
and coached by Christopher Garcia for this 2022 performance
the piece was performed back to back for the first time in 2019
by the UCLA SYMPHONY ORHCESTRA
under the baton of
BRUNO NASCIMIENTO - CONDUCTOR
the piece was presented twice in the same evening
the first time with western substitute instruments
the 2nd time with the indigenous instruments it was originally intended for
which has led to other opportunities
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MEXICO
invited to perform original compositions for
bajo
electric guitar
piano forte
woodwinds
and
EL MONSTRO PERCUSSION
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/el-monstro-faqs-and-facts.html
at
TEATRO PERALTA in San Miguel de Allende
with
musicians from San Miguel de Allende
Salomon Maawad - saxophones
Sergio Carillo - bajo
Patricio Mendez - piano forte
Andres Gandara - electric guitar
and again with
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
WORLD PREMIERE
@
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
invited to perform original compositions
for indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments of MesoAmerica and Mexico
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO
11/15 - 11/19/22
DUPAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RESIDENCY
worked with DUPAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
providing indigenous instruments in order to perform
SINFONIA INDIA by Carlos Chavez
as it was originally intended
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-ent-dupage-symphony-st-1118-20221110-td7apjrdqvbmdbin53xgnwd5gy-story.html
EVENINGS with ORCHESTRA
percussion section rehearsals
2
full orchestra rehearsals
2
SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
asked these folks if it would be possible to visit
some schools during the day
instead of sitting in a hotel room
below is what they came up with
AMAZING
shared original compositions for indigenous
breath, string and percussion instruments
along with their culture and history
HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
8 classes
COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS
1 MASTER CLASS PRESENTATION/PERCUSSION
PRE CONCERT SOLO INFORMANCES
LECTURES
Q&A
OPEN to general public
3
none of this would be possible without the foresight of
DUPAGE SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR
Barbara Schubert
and
percussionists William Jastrow and Charles Staley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
MINI RESIDENCY
MASTER CLASSES
this was a thought
that turned into an idea
that turned into a reality
very much at the last minute
showing that with WILLINGNESS that
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
11/20- 11/22/22
1 COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS
1 PERCUSSION MASTER CLASS
THANKS to Dr Ricardo Lorenz of Michigan State University
for putting it together
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2023
Garcia is invited to compose and collaborate with
PERCUSSION UNDER CONSTRUCTION, a percussion ensemble
based in Germany, that he had the pleasure of working with in 2019
A world premiere of original compositions for indigenous breath, string
and percussion instruments and western orchestral percussion.
TIMELINE
1979 thru the present
arranged and recorded compositions for
several ensembles including
CONTINUUM
keys, bass, guitar, woodwinds, drusmet/percussion
LOONEY BOOMS
all percussion ensemble
drumset, found objects, mallets, hand drums
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA's
QUARTETO NUEVO
classical guitar, bajo, woodwinds, percussion of MesoAmerica and India
ANADIS MUSIC
Chinese pipa and ruan, Indian sarode, sitar, surbanar
percussion of India
1998 thru the present
composed and recorded compositions for
CONTINUUM
QUARTETO NUEVO
ANADIS MUSIC
2008
Garcia is invited to coach the percussion section of the
BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY, CA USA
for their presentation of
CARLOS CHAVEZ
SINFONIA INDIA
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
SENSEMAYA
with indigenous instruments of Mesoamerica/Mexico
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/symphonic.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2011 - 2012
INDIGENA
Garcia composed original music for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
woodwind quintet
premiered by
Christopher Garcia and QUINTETO LATINO
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/quinteto-latino.html
(60 minutes of music)
multiple performances throughout California, USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2013
AGUILA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4UzOi0Oeg
composed by Christopher Garcia
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
woodwind quintet
performed at the
LATINO CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
one of 9 composers invited
held in
San Francisco, CA
by
Christopher Garcia - indigenous breath, percussion and string percussion of Mesoamerica/Mexico
with
QUINTETO LATINO
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/quinteto-latino.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MISA AZTECA
a modern symphonic oratorio
with lyrics in Latin, Nahuatl and Spanish
composed by
Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Christopher played indigenous percussion of Mexico/Mesoamerica
at
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles, CA USA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/misa-azteca.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2014/2015
to the present
MEXCLA MUSIC
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
classical guitar
with multiple performances throughout California, USA
MEXCLA MUSIC SITE
mexclamusic.weebly.com/
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Ag5_yLOvA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2016
to the present
A SCATTERING OF JADES
composed by Christopher Garcia
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7PSZOWN92Y
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
pedal harp
musicbeyondborders.weebly.com/
(EXCERPT FROM MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS 90 MINUTES TOTAL )
premiered at EL CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC 2016
Mexico City, MX
performed by
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
with
Christopher Garcia and Tasha Smith Godinez
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2017
OUT OF THE MAYAN TOMBS
nightfirefilms.org/films/out-of-the-maya-tombs/
Garcia provided music on indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mesoamericafor the documentary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MISA AZTECA
CHAMBER VERSION
with
Christopher Garcia
Indigenous percussion instruments of Mesoamerica/Mexico
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW PLAYLIST
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7GMXRQo3CSi1JRkCMw3Jy8aNjNCQUaq7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aztec Flower Songs and Story:
The Prophetical Case for Guadalupe
Lectures organized by
Joseph Julian Gonzalez
with Dr. Ezekiel Stear
and
Christopher Garcia presenting
Indigenous musical performance practices
Presented at
BOWERS MUSEUM
Santa Ana, CA USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2018
RESONANCIA
MULTI MEDIA EVENT
CAL ARTS INAUGURAL LATIN FEST
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/resonancia-multi-media.html
compositions for
indigenous breath,
string and percussion instruments
and
marimba
pedal harp
woodwind trio
classical guitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGpLtpcK0jQ
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EHECATL
composed by Christopher Garcia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JirYb2WMfeA
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
and
piano forte
extended techniques
electronics manipulation of sound in real time
(EXCERPT FROM MEXICO ATEMPORAL 60 MINUTES TOTAL )
premiered at FUNDACION SEBASTIAN
Mexico City, MX
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
Christopher Garcia - indigenous breath, percussion and string percussion of Mesoamerica/Mexico=
with
Pablo Lenero Archer - piano forte
MEXICO ATEMPORAL SITE
mexicoatemporalmusic.weebly.com/about.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2019
to the present
RESONANCIA
XOCHI CUICATL
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
FLOR Y CANTO
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/media.html
compositions for
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments
marimba
poetry of MesoAmerica
voice
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC SITE
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UCLA SYMPHONY
presents
CARLOS CHAVEZ SINFONIA INDIA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/sinfonia-india-ucla.html
instruments provided for and percussion ensemble
coached by Christopher Garcia
the piece was performed back to back for the first time
1st with western substitute instruments
followed by a performance with
indigenous instruments as the piece was originally intended
the piece was presented twice in the same evening
the first time with western substitute instruments
the 2nd time with the indigenous instruments it was originally intended for
CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW YOUTUBE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KsQhPIx9C8&t=1s
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA
performed at
St Katharinen Church Hamburg, Germany
Garcia invited to play Zappas music on concert marimba
united-mutations.blogspot.com/2019/07/zappanale-30-hamburg-event.html
zappanale-festival.de/en/archiv/programm-26/tag/Zappanale%2030.html?start=12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2020
Garcia was one of 19 musicians invited to participate
@
Defining New Directions in Latin America
and
Latino Concert Music
Exploratory Seminar
@
RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY @ HARVARD
projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021
Garcia was invited to present music for
NAHUA VOICES ON THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO:
"De cómo los españoles conquistaron a la ciudad de México"
Book 12, Florentine Codex
www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3330.html
in conjunction with
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(GRI)
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
(LACMA)
BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA E HISTORIA
CLICK ON LINK TO EXPERIENCE THIS EVENT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4pxnDRKCHI
With his ensemble
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
XOCHI CUICATL
FLOR Y CANTO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2022
UCLA SYMPHONY
presents
CARLOS CHAVEZ SINFONIA INDIA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/sinfonia-india-ucla.html
at ROYCE HALL UCLA
instruments provided for percussion ensemble
and coached by Christopher Garcia for this 2022 performance
the piece was performed back to back for the first time in 2019
by the UCLA SYMPHONY ORHCESTRA
under the baton of
BRUNO NASCIMIENTO - CONDUCTOR
the piece was presented twice in the same evening
the first time with western substitute instruments
the 2nd time with the indigenous instruments it was originally intended for
which has led to other opportunities
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MEXICO
invited to perform original compositions for
bajo
electric guitar
piano forte
woodwinds
and
EL MONSTRO PERCUSSION
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/el-monstro-faqs-and-facts.html
at
TEATRO PERALTA in San Miguel de Allende
with
musicians from San Miguel de Allende
Salomon Maawad - saxophones
Sergio Carillo - bajo
Patricio Mendez - piano forte
Andres Gandara - electric guitar
and again with
FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
WORLD PREMIERE
@
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
invited to perform original compositions
for indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments of MesoAmerica and Mexico
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO
11/15 - 11/19/22
DUPAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RESIDENCY
worked with DUPAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
providing indigenous instruments in order to perform
SINFONIA INDIA by Carlos Chavez
as it was originally intended
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-ent-dupage-symphony-st-1118-20221110-td7apjrdqvbmdbin53xgnwd5gy-story.html
EVENINGS with ORCHESTRA
percussion section rehearsals
2
full orchestra rehearsals
2
SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
asked these folks if it would be possible to visit
some schools during the day
instead of sitting in a hotel room
below is what they came up with
AMAZING
shared original compositions for indigenous
breath, string and percussion instruments
along with their culture and history
HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
8 classes
COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS
1 MASTER CLASS PRESENTATION/PERCUSSION
PRE CONCERT SOLO INFORMANCES
LECTURES
Q&A
OPEN to general public
3
none of this would be possible without the foresight of
DUPAGE SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR
Barbara Schubert
and
percussionists William Jastrow and Charles Staley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
MINI RESIDENCY
MASTER CLASSES
this was a thought
that turned into an idea
that turned into a reality
very much at the last minute
showing that with WILLINGNESS that
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
11/20- 11/22/22
1 COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS
1 PERCUSSION MASTER CLASS
THANKS to Dr Ricardo Lorenz of Michigan State University
for putting it together
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2023
Garcia is invited to compose and collaborate with
PERCUSSION UNDER CONSTRUCTION, a percussion ensemble
based in Germany, that he had the pleasure of working with in 2019
A world premiere of original compositions for indigenous breath, string
and percussion instruments and western orchestral percussion.
COMPOSITIONS
by
Christopher Garcia
A SCATTERING OF JADES
AQUI Y AHORA
CHILILITLI/TLALOC
CURAN BRUJO
DENTRE DE LOS RECUERDOS DE UN SUENO
EARLY MOURNING SHADOWS
EL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA - 5 MOVEMENTS
- ASUSTADO CORRIENDO
- EN LA OSCURIDAD
-VOCES DEL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA
- ATEQUILIZCUICATL
FLOR CANCION DE MEXICA
HOMENAJE DE TOXCATL
INFLECTED REVERBERATIONS
INVOCATION DE EHECATL
MAYAN CHILDRENS SONG
OLD AND NEW DREAMS
PARA MI ALEGRIA
RAG TAG STOMP
RELENTLESS
RESONANCIA
RUMINATION EN LA CASE DENEGRIDA
TARANATH
THE 7 STEPS OF THE BUDDHA
TLALOC
TODOS LAS ESTRELLAS
THE BECKONING PATH
THE WEATHERED MAN
WHERE THE LOTUS BLOOMS
WITH HIS HAT IN HIS HAND
XIACA
XOPAN CUICATL
XOCHICUICATL
YOL TEOTL - 5 movements
YO SOY
ZANDUNGA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMPOSITIONS
for either
classical guitar
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MEXLCA MUSIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
flute, alto flute, bass flute, indigenous flutes
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MAS ALLA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pedal harp, lever harp, violin
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
marimba
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
piano
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed trio
electric fretless bass,
acoustic guitar,
percussion of India and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
MANRING GARCIA MUSIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed quartet/quintet
acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds,
percussion of the near, middle and far east
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA's
QUARTETO NUEVO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
for woodwind quintet
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
bass clarinet, bassoon, flute, French Horn, oboe
with
QUINTETO LATINO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
recorded and/or performed over the years
by the following ensembles for very different instrumentation
ANADIS MUSIC
music for sitar, sarode, pipa, ruan and percussion of India
CONTINUUM
music for electric bass, keyboards, drumset and saxophone or violin
DEMANIA
music for acoustic guitar, fretless bass and El Monstro percussion
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS - GARCIA/GODINEZ
music for western harp and percussion of indigenous Mexico, Meso America and beyond
INFLUX ENSEMBLE
music for percussion instruments
IXONEZTLI y GARCIA
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
KO MA GA TRIO
music for EL MOSTRO percussion
pedal harp and fretless bass
MANRING-GARCIA MUSIC
music for fretted and fretless basses
percussion of North and South India,
Africa, the Near, Middle and Far East
Mexico and Mesoamerica
and
classical guitar
Chinese pipa
woodwinds
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
pianoforte
MEXCLA MUSIC
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
classical guitar, jarocho
QUARTETO NUEVO
1999 THRU 2015
music for acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds, and El Monstro percussion
QUINTETO LATINO
music for French Horn, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet,
bassoon, oboe, English Horn
and percussion of indigenous Mexico, Meso America and beyond
TADIC/MANRING/GARCIA
music for acoustic or electric guitar, electric bass and El Monstro percussion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SELECT VENUES BELOW
CAL TECH
Pasadena, CA USA
CARMEN CASTELLANO FINE ARTS CENTER
San Jose, CA USA
CARNEGIE HALL
Scotland, UK
CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC,
Mexico City, MX
CHARCO DEL INGENIO
San Miguel de Allende, MX
DAVID ALPERT LECTURE HALL
Los Angeles, CA USA
DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Los Angeles CA USA
ROY DISNEY CONCERT HALL
CAL ARTS, Valencia CA USA
GEWENDHAUS
Leipzig, Germany.
FUNCACION DE SAN SEBASTIAN
Mexico City, Mexico
HARRISON HOUSE
Joshua Tree, CA USA
JON ANSON FORD THEATRE
Los Angeles, CA, USA
LA PENA CULTURAL CENTER
Berkeley CA, USA
LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
San Francisco, CA, USA
MACLA
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
San Jose, CA, USA
MEXICAN HERITAGE PLAZA
School of Arts and Culture
San Jose, CA, USA
OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
Oakland, CA , USA
PALENKE ARTS
Seaside, CA USA
PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Pasadena, CA, USA
POPPER THEATER
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
SCHOENBERG CONCERT HALL
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
San Diego, CA, USA
TEATRO DE LA CUIDAD
Mexico Cit, MX
TEATRO ANGELA PERALTA
San Miguel, MX
WESTERBECK RECITAL HALL
Center for the Arts,
Pasadena, CA USA
THE WILD BEAST
California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
by
Christopher Garcia
A SCATTERING OF JADES
AQUI Y AHORA
CHILILITLI/TLALOC
CURAN BRUJO
DENTRE DE LOS RECUERDOS DE UN SUENO
EARLY MOURNING SHADOWS
EL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA - 5 MOVEMENTS
- ASUSTADO CORRIENDO
- EN LA OSCURIDAD
-VOCES DEL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA
- ATEQUILIZCUICATL
FLOR CANCION DE MEXICA
HOMENAJE DE TOXCATL
INFLECTED REVERBERATIONS
INVOCATION DE EHECATL
MAYAN CHILDRENS SONG
OLD AND NEW DREAMS
PARA MI ALEGRIA
RAG TAG STOMP
RELENTLESS
RESONANCIA
RUMINATION EN LA CASE DENEGRIDA
TARANATH
THE 7 STEPS OF THE BUDDHA
TLALOC
TODOS LAS ESTRELLAS
THE BECKONING PATH
THE WEATHERED MAN
WHERE THE LOTUS BLOOMS
WITH HIS HAT IN HIS HAND
XIACA
XOPAN CUICATL
XOCHICUICATL
YOL TEOTL - 5 movements
YO SOY
ZANDUNGA
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COMPOSITIONS
for either
classical guitar
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MEXLCA MUSIC
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flute, alto flute, bass flute, indigenous flutes
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MAS ALLA
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pedal harp, lever harp, violin
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
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marimba
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
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piano
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
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mixed trio
electric fretless bass,
acoustic guitar,
percussion of India and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
MANRING GARCIA MUSIC
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mixed quartet/quintet
acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds,
percussion of the near, middle and far east
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
with
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA's
QUARTETO NUEVO
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for woodwind quintet
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
bass clarinet, bassoon, flute, French Horn, oboe
with
QUINTETO LATINO
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recorded and/or performed over the years
by the following ensembles for very different instrumentation
ANADIS MUSIC
music for sitar, sarode, pipa, ruan and percussion of India
CONTINUUM
music for electric bass, keyboards, drumset and saxophone or violin
DEMANIA
music for acoustic guitar, fretless bass and El Monstro percussion
MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS - GARCIA/GODINEZ
music for western harp and percussion of indigenous Mexico, Meso America and beyond
INFLUX ENSEMBLE
music for percussion instruments
IXONEZTLI y GARCIA
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
KO MA GA TRIO
music for EL MOSTRO percussion
pedal harp and fretless bass
MANRING-GARCIA MUSIC
music for fretted and fretless basses
percussion of North and South India,
Africa, the Near, Middle and Far East
Mexico and Mesoamerica
and
classical guitar
Chinese pipa
woodwinds
MEXICO ATEMPORAL
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
pianoforte
MEXCLA MUSIC
music for instruments of Meso America, indigenous Mexico and beyond
classical guitar, jarocho
QUARTETO NUEVO
1999 THRU 2015
music for acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds, and El Monstro percussion
QUINTETO LATINO
music for French Horn, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet,
bassoon, oboe, English Horn
and percussion of indigenous Mexico, Meso America and beyond
TADIC/MANRING/GARCIA
music for acoustic or electric guitar, electric bass and El Monstro percussion
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SELECT VENUES BELOW
CAL TECH
Pasadena, CA USA
CARMEN CASTELLANO FINE ARTS CENTER
San Jose, CA USA
CARNEGIE HALL
Scotland, UK
CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC,
Mexico City, MX
CHARCO DEL INGENIO
San Miguel de Allende, MX
DAVID ALPERT LECTURE HALL
Los Angeles, CA USA
DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Los Angeles CA USA
ROY DISNEY CONCERT HALL
CAL ARTS, Valencia CA USA
GEWENDHAUS
Leipzig, Germany.
FUNCACION DE SAN SEBASTIAN
Mexico City, Mexico
HARRISON HOUSE
Joshua Tree, CA USA
JON ANSON FORD THEATRE
Los Angeles, CA, USA
LA PENA CULTURAL CENTER
Berkeley CA, USA
LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
San Francisco, CA, USA
MACLA
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
San Jose, CA, USA
MEXICAN HERITAGE PLAZA
School of Arts and Culture
San Jose, CA, USA
OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
Oakland, CA , USA
PALENKE ARTS
Seaside, CA USA
PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Pasadena, CA, USA
POPPER THEATER
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
SCHOENBERG CONCERT HALL
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
San Diego, CA, USA
TEATRO DE LA CUIDAD
Mexico Cit, MX
TEATRO ANGELA PERALTA
San Miguel, MX
WESTERBECK RECITAL HALL
Center for the Arts,
Pasadena, CA USA
THE WILD BEAST
California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA
