COMPOSITIONS
Garcias compositions for indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mesoamerica
and Woodwind Quinet featuring QUINTETO LATINO were premiered in 2011 @
MACLA - MOVIMIENTO DE ARTE Y CULTURA LATINO in San Jose, CA, USA
and 2 of his compositions were chosen for the
LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
held in 2013 in San Francisco, CA USA and received rave reviews
www.sfcv.org/reviews/old-first-concerts/culture-chamber-of-latin-beats
New compositions for pedal harp and indigenous instruments were premiered in Mexico
City at El Castillo de Chapultepec in 2016 with Tasha Smith Godinez,
https://musicbeyondborders.weebly.com/
and his compositions for pianoforte and indigenous instruments were played at
EL FUNDACION DE SAN SEBASTIAN in 2018 with composer/performer Pablo Lenero Archer
https://www.magzter.com/article/Entertainment/tiempo-libre/Mexico-Atemporal-Duo-De-Musica-Contemporanea
His first recording of all indigenous instruments along with
poetry in Nahuatl and Spanish was recorded 2019
https://resonanciamusic.weebly.com/
and scheduled for world premiere in Europe in 2021
and in January of 2020 Garcia was also invited to participate and present at
DEFINING NEW DIRECTIONS IN LATN AMERICAN and LATINO CONCERT MUSIC EXPLORATORY SEMINAR @ THE RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY
@ HARVARD
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
and his educational YOUTUBES
https://christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/indigenous-youtubes.html
currently have over 99,000 visitors
Garcias compositions for indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mesoamerica
and Woodwind Quinet featuring QUINTETO LATINO were premiered in 2011 @
MACLA - MOVIMIENTO DE ARTE Y CULTURA LATINO in San Jose, CA, USA
and 2 of his compositions were chosen for the
LATIN AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
held in 2013 in San Francisco, CA USA and received rave reviews
www.sfcv.org/reviews/old-first-concerts/culture-chamber-of-latin-beats
New compositions for pedal harp and indigenous instruments were premiered in Mexico
City at El Castillo de Chapultepec in 2016 with Tasha Smith Godinez,
https://musicbeyondborders.weebly.com/
and his compositions for pianoforte and indigenous instruments were played at
EL FUNDACION DE SAN SEBASTIAN in 2018 with composer/performer Pablo Lenero Archer
https://www.magzter.com/article/Entertainment/tiempo-libre/Mexico-Atemporal-Duo-De-Musica-Contemporanea
His first recording of all indigenous instruments along with
poetry in Nahuatl and Spanish was recorded 2019
https://resonanciamusic.weebly.com/
and scheduled for world premiere in Europe in 2021
and in January of 2020 Garcia was also invited to participate and present at
DEFINING NEW DIRECTIONS IN LATN AMERICAN and LATINO CONCERT MUSIC EXPLORATORY SEMINAR @ THE RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY
@ HARVARD
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
and his educational YOUTUBES
https://christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/indigenous-youtubes.html
currently have over 99,000 visitors
COMPOSITIONS
by
Christopher Garcia
A SCATTERING OF JADES
CHILILITLI/TLALOC
CURAN BRUJO
DENTRE DE LOS RECUERDOS DE UN SUENO
EARLY MOURNING SHADOWS
EL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA
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
RUMINIATION EN LA CASE DENEGRIDA
TARANATH
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
ZANDUNGA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMPOSITIONS
for either
classical guitar
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
flute, alto flute, bass flute, indigenous flutes
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pedal harp, lever harp, violin
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
marimba
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
piano
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed trio
electric fretless bass,
acoustic guitar,
percussion of India and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed quartet/quintet
acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds,
percussion of the near, middle and far east
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
for woodwind quintet
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
bass clarinet, bassoon, flute, French Horn, oboe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
GREAT CATHEDRAL OF LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA USA
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
CHILILITLI/TLALOC
CURAN BRUJO
DENTRE DE LOS RECUERDOS DE UN SUENO
EARLY MOURNING SHADOWS
EL VIENTRE DE LA TIERRA
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
RUMINIATION EN LA CASE DENEGRIDA
TARANATH
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
ZANDUNGA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMPOSITIONS
for either
classical guitar
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
flute, alto flute, bass flute, indigenous flutes
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pedal harp, lever harp, violin
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
marimba
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
piano
and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed trio
electric fretless bass,
acoustic guitar,
percussion of India and
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mixed quartet/quintet
acoustic guitar, cello, woodwinds,
percussion of the near, middle and far east
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
for woodwind quintet
indigenous Mexican/Mesoamerican percussion and breath instruments
bass clarinet, bassoon, flute, French Horn, oboe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
GREAT CATHEDRAL OF LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA USA
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
