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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


Abhijit Banerjee 

Cyro Baptista y CHAMA 

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's Jazz Quartet

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

or
indigenous percussion,
breath and string instruments
of 

Mesoamerica and Mexico

George Abe - shakuhachi, yokobue

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

ANADIS MUSIC - sarod, woodwinds y percussion


John Bergamo - percussion

Jhon CAYAMBE Mosquera - quena, zamfona

Yihan Chen - pipa, ruan

​Ramiro Ramirez Duarte

FLOWER SONGS MUSIC

Shoji Komeda

Souhail Kaspar

Alfredo Lopez Mondragon

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

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
mentoring the percussion section playing
indigenous instruments of Mexico/Mexoamerca
​

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 MUSIC
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


THE YELLOW STRING QUARTET
under the direction of Freid Dahn

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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


SELECT PREVIOUS SELECT PERFORMANCES

as featured
composer
improviser
multi instrumentalist
lecturer



HERB  ALPERT CONCERT HALL
Los Angeles, CA USA

AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Auburn, AL USA

BOWERS MUSEUM
Santa Ana, CA

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
THE MAIN GALLERY
ROY DISNEY HALL
THE WILD BEAST
Valencia, CA

UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE CHAPEL
Cambridge, England

CARMEN CASTELLANO FINE ARTS CENTER
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

CARNEGIE HALL
Edinburgh Scotland, UK

CERRITOS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Cerritos, CA, USA

DESCANSO GARDENA
Montrose, CA USA
DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Valencia CA USA

EL CHARCO DEL INGENIO
San Miguel de Allende, MX

EL CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC,
Mexico City, MX

FUNCDACION SEBASTIAN
Mexico City, MX

THE GETTY CENTER
Los Angeles, CA USA

THE GETTY VILLA
Pacific Palisades, CA USA

GREAT CATHEDRAL OF LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA USA

GRIEG MUSIC HALL
Bergen, Norway

HARRISON HOUSE
Joshua Tree, CA USA

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Boston, MA 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

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
Los Angeles, CA, USA

LOS ANGELES THEATER CENTER
Los Angeles, 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

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Master Classes on 
COMPOSITION and PERCUSSION

MUSEO de HISTORIA de ENSENADA
invited by INAH and THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY

OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
Oakland, CA , USA

PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Pasadena, CA, USA

PLAZA DE LA RAZA
Los Angeles, CA USA

POPPER THEATER
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

REDCAT THEATRE/WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Los Angeles, CA USA

RIVERSIDE CONVENTION CENTER
Riverside, CA USA

ROYCE HALL
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
San Diego, CA, USA

SCHOENBERG HALL
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

SOUTH PASADENA MUSIC CENTER AND CONSERVATORY
South Pasadena, CA USA

ST. KATHARINEN CATHEDRAL
Hamburg, Germany

TEATRO ANGELA PERALTA
ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE JAZZ

San Miguel de Allende, MX

TEATRO DEL BICENTARIO
Leon, Guanajuato

TEATRO DE LA CUIDAD
Mexico City, MX

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Los Angeles, CA, USA

WENTZ CONCERT HALL
Dupage, Il, USA

WESTERBECK RECITAL HALL
Center for the Arts,
Pasadena, CA USA

THE WILD BEAST
California Institute of the Arts, CA, USA

Thankful and grateful to continue to be invited 
to present the
culture, history, instruments and flower songs
of
indigenous Mesoamerica and Mexico
by the following institutions
here and abroad

BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA E HISTORIA

(BIPOC)
BILINGUAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
(GRI)
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

(INAH)
INSTITUTO NACIONAL de ANTROPOLOGIA e HISTORIA

SCA
SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY
UNAM
NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY of MEXICO




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