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Christopher Garcia Music
Christopher Garcia Music

PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
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MAKING MUSC WITH LINKS
MAKING MUSIC IN THE MOMENT
AT THE MOMENT
EVERY MOMENT

is a great blessing and a great gift 

being asked to collaborate with the following musicians  
in and around various disparate musical worlds in 28 countries
on 5 continents  has been my greatest teacher 


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JAZZ and ROCK ENSEMBLES
playing primarily drumset and/or marimba with


Bobby Bradford's Duo and Mo'Tet

Alex Cline Limitless Light Ensemble

Alex Cline/CG Duo

Nels Cline/ CG Duo  

CONTINUUM 

COSMIC VIBRATIONS

Tim Farrell

THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA
performed with ZAPPA ALUMNI
with 
The
MOTHERS OF INVENTION
with at various times
Napoleon Murphy Brock,
Roy Estrada,
Tom Fowler, 
Bunk Gardner,
David Parlato,
Don Preston

Alex de Grassi

John Klemmer

Michael Manring

Carlos Nino

Don Preston/CG Duo and quartet

Rade Serbedziya and The New Cinema Band

Harry Scorzo

G.E. Stinson

​Dwight Trible

Michael Pierre Vlatkovich

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with POETS
playing primarily drumset
and/or percussion
real and perceived


with
Dorothea Grossman's
CALL and RESPONSE

Robert Pinsky - Poet Laureate

Mark Weber

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with
WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLES

playing primarily hand percussion of North and South India
percussion of Africa, percussion of the near, middle and far east
and Mexico with


George Abe - shakuhachi, yokobue

​AQUI Y AHORA - woodwinds + breath, string and percussion of MesoAmerica

ANADIS MUSIC - sarod, woodwinds y percussion

John Bergamo - percussion

​Ramiro Ramirez Duarte

FLOWER SONGS MUSIC

Souhail Kaspar

Lost Tribes Infinite Expansion of Sound

Mochizuki Takinojo

MEXCLA MUSIC

Musicantica

Flute Phani 

Park Je Chun

Luis Perez IXONEZTLI

QUARTETO NUEVO (1998 thru 2015)

Ali Jihad Racy

Jxel Rajchenberg

Juan L. Sanchez

L. Shankar

Silk Trio with Yihan Chen

Malik Sow

John Stephens

Miroslav Tadic

UCLA World Jazz Ensemble

Luis Villegas

ViolinVasu Devan 

XOCHI CUICATL 

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with
CLASSICAL ENSEMBLES
I was asked to compose a percussion part for
​or
as a special guest on either 

drumset,
indigenous percussion of Mexico 
percussion of North and South India
with the following artists

not as part of a percussion section

creating a percussion part from a score
that was never intended to have percussion
unless denoted otherwise


THE AHN TRIO
drumset and hand percussion of India and more

THE BAJA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
performing MISA AZTECA on indigenous instruments of Mexico

BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
under the direction of John Farrer
performing music on indigenous instruments of Mexico


BERGEN FILHARMONIC ORKESTER
under the direction of Kristan Jarvi, performing the music
of Frank Zappa with FZ alumni


CAL ARTS PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
under the direction of Maestro John Bergamo

DUPAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond

TASHA SMITH GODINEZ
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond with harp

the IN FLUX ENSEMBLE
writing music for and playing marimba, 
drumset and "found" percussion objects


IPALPITI ORCHESTRA
world premiere of JACQUES LOUSSIERS 2nd violin concerto
playing North Indian tabla, and South Indian kanjira and ghatam


MEXICO ATEMPORAL
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond
with piano forte and electronics

MEXCLA MUSIC
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond
with classical guitar, prepared guitar, requinto jarocho


MISA AZTECA
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond
with various chamber and symphonic orchestras


The MOSCOW SYMPHONY
playing percussion of North and South India

MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
​
playing indigenous percussion of Mexico, Meso America and beyond
with western harp


OSLO CAMERATA
the music of FRANK ZAPPA, playing drumset and marimba 

PERCUSSION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
mostly percussion ensemble based in Germany

DAVID PRITCHARD GUITAR TRIO
playing percussion of North and South India

QUINTETO LATINO
music composed by Christopher for breath and percussion instruments 
of  indigenous Mexico and woodwind quintet


TRONDHEIM SOLISTENE
the music of FRANK ZAPPA, in Norway,
playing drumset and marimba 


UCLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
mentoring the percussion section playing
indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mexoamerca


VENTURA MASTER CHORALE
on tabla as part of  THE ANADI DUO

VIO - FONIK
under the direction of Harry Scorzo, 
playing percussion of North and South India


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commissions,
compositions
and
improvisations 
​for
DANCE COMPANIES


ARPANA DANCE COMPANY
under the direction of Ramya Harishankar

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MUSIC COMPOSED/IMPROVISED
AND/OR
ARRANGED  FOR
HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE THEATER



BRUSH UP 
With
CALIGRAPHY ARTIST ISA HIRANO 
@
BRAND LIBRARY
MUSIC COMPOSED FOR DANCE
AND 
INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA
AND
INDIGENOUS MEXICO/MESOAMERICA

~ 

143 DAYS
@
SOUTHWEST MUSEUM
MUSIC COMPOSED FOR DANCE
AND 
INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA
AND
INDIGENOUS MEXICO/MESOAMERICA

~ 
​
OUTPOST
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
@
​SUN VILLAGE, PALMDALE CA
MUSIC COMPOSED FOR DANCE
AND 
INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA
AND
INDIGENOUS MEXICO/MESOAMERICA



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