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    RESONANCIA is the 1st CD
    of original compositons for indigenous
    breath, string and percussion instruments and voice

    MUSIC
    which continues to evolve organically thru
    CONCERTS
    DISCUSSIONS
    RECORDINGS
    REHEARSALS
    RESEARCH
    TRAVELS

    100% OF THE DOWNLOADS
    goes` to an indigenous arts organization that
    educates,
    propagates
    and
    perpetuates
    their history

    CDs are only sold at concerts and that money oays
    for future recordings, manufacturing and travel expenses.

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    Garcia continues to MAKE MUSIC
    in 47 states, 28 countries and 5 continents
    and continues to work with colleges, universities,
    chamber groups and symphonic orchestras
    with performance and/or lectures for either
    composition
    education
    improvisation
    or
    percussion
    for depts of
    ANTHROPOLOGY
    ART HISTORY
    COMPOSITION
    ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
    IMPROVISATION
    JAZZ

    MAKING MUSIC with instruments few have ever heard or heard of
    either as a multi instrumentalist or performer/composer
    with either
    - DRUMSET or MARIMBA,
    - PERCUSSION OF NORTH AND SOUTH INDIA
    - i NDIGENOUS BREATH, STRING AND
    PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS OF MESOAMERICA
    - EL MONSTRO/PERCUSSION
    - COMPOSTIONS

    WORLDWIDE PRESS LINKS
    can be found further below for his work with

    while at a recent symposium at
    THE GETTY in Los Angeles, CA USA

    Garcia learned that while the history of MesoAmerica
    has been translated to dozens of languages,
    but the history IS NOT available in Nahuatl,
    for the 1.5 million Nahuatl speakers that
    are still very much alive
    i.e.,
    Imagine that you could only learn about your
    ancestral history in a language you don't know or speak

    THANK YOU FOR LISTENING and YOUR SUPPORT
    VIVA LA VIDA
    ... more
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD  or more

     

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POEMA DE CANTARES MEXICANOS ​EN ESPANOL "Estoy tocando mi huehuetl, Yo que busco canciones para despertar e inspirar a nuestros amigos, cuyos corazones yacen apáticos, para quien el día aún no respira, para los que duermen en coma. Aquellos que se glorían en la noche sombría, cuando el amanecer floreciente ya canta su canción, y cuando una vez más, la mañana ilumina el lugar donde tocan los huehuetls ……… .. ” el poema XOPAN CUICATL de CANTARES EN IDIOMA MEXICANO IN ENGLISH “I am playing my huehuetl, I who hunt for songs to awaken and fire our friends whose hearts lie listless, for whom the day does not yet breathe those who sleep in comas, those who glory in gloomy night when the flowering dawn already sings her song and when once again morn lightens the place where the huehuetls play..........”
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TRANSLATED FROM NAHUATL INTO SPANISH ​ Ontetepeoac, en chachayaoac Hubo una siembra, ​hubo una dispersión Esto se dijo de un orador real que aconseja bien a la gente Después de que él habló Después de que el discurso fue dicho ellos entendieron su verdad, le dijeron: "La gente ha sido informada, han sido enriquecidos Ha habido una siembra ha habido una gran dispersión de jades ". FLORENTINE CODEX, Vl, 205 v TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH INTO ENGLISH There was a sowing, there was a scattering This was said of a royal orator who counsels with people well after he spoke after the oration had been delivered they understood its truth, they told him: "The people have been well informed, they have been enriched. There has been a sowing there has been a great scattering of jades." FLORENTINE CODEX, Vl, 205 v A SCATTERING OF JADES EVOCATION
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Traditional) Lyrics translated by Alfredo Lopez Mondragon sung by Alegria Garcia XOCHIPITZHUATL ​XIACA COMPANERO TIPAXALOTLI MARIA TlMUYUHUALOSE PANTONANCE SANTA MARIA GUADALUPE YA TE E DICHO MARIQUITA QUE TE PONGAS UN LISTON QUE PARECEN TUS TRENSITAS LA COLITA DE UN RATON NINA MIA GUADALUPE TUS HIJOS ALEGRES VAN FESTEJANDO TU PRESENCIA EN LAS TIERRIAS MEXlCAS
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about

RESONANCIA
RITUAL MUSIC Y MAGIC

MUSIC performed by
ORQUESTRA INDIGENA
with very special guests

Alegria Garcia
voice in Spanish and Nahuatl

Yolanda Evelia Delgado Garcia
spoken word in Spanish and Nahuatl

MUSIC for indigenous breath, string and percussion
instruments of Mesoamerica and Mexico

COMPOSITIONS
arranged, conceived, composed, coordinated, improvised and orchestrated by Christopher Garcia with ORQUESTA INDIGENA

* - BASED ON POEMS FROM THE CANTARES MEXICANOS
+ - BASED ON INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS
** - BASED ON FOLKLORIC TRADITIONS

credits

released May 26, 2020

RECORDED
@
ABC STUDIOS
&
SCULPTURED SOUND STUDIOS

MIXED
@
SCULPTURED SOUND STUDIOS
in Los Angeles, CA

MASTERED
by
THE MALO BROTHERS
somewhere in Los Angeles, CA USA

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THANKS to:

The CREATOR
- for making all things possible


Mi FAMILIA
for putting up and participating with me

Mis MENTORES
for sharing THE BECKONING PATH

Mis MAESTROS -
for their selflessness, kindness and humility

Mis COLABORADORES, musical and otherwise

And the musicians who continue to MAKE MUSIC with me


REVIEWS

"The recording was beautiful....subtle tones and colors, visionary
most definitely. Great artists who walk their own path is what I most
admire and courage....onward and upward in LIFE and MUSIC.."
RA KALAM BOB MOSES

"RESONANCIA,
the new album from Christopher Garcia's ORQUESTA INDIGENA,
lives up to the name on every level -- sound, spirit and concept.
The low drum vibrations can make you feel the heartbeat of
a sleeping dragon
The high rattles can sound like a dance of skeleton elves.
The wooden and clay flutes raise images of ancient Mesoamerican
temples, while some of the female vocalizing draws you inside a cathedral and if you've been in a Mexican or Peruvian cathedral,
you know how thoroughly the invaders' religion was transformed by indigenous influences.....
Some of the beats even carry the universality of
the blues. We hear calls to action, the threat of war,
a reverence for peace......."
METALJAZZ.COM

"Christopher Garcia is a critically acclaimed as a composer, and virtuosic improviser on instruments not usually associated with just one musician including drumset, marimba, and instruments of north and south India and breath, string and percussion instruments of Mesoamerica, in every music combination possible - avant, classical, folkloric, indigenous, jazz, rock, and world, with a virtual who’s who of musicians with performances in 28 countries on 5 continents."
ATENCION SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE 

"When I met Christopher García a couple of years ago, as he
rehearsed and played one of his pieces for ancestral Mexican
percussion instruments and wind quintet, I rediscovered something 
I had somehow lost track of throughout the years: a musician rooted 
in the rituals of magical performance.
Beyond the external aspects of power, virtuosity or any other relative
term of comparison, there was something unique coming across,
akin to a religious experience, through his beats and rhythms.
I think Christopher is definitely on the path of connecting the objects
he strikes or shakes with the deeper currents of the soul. 
That's what I felt when he played; he's not only resuscitating old instruments, he's on a different search."
COMPOSER PAUL DESENNE  

"Christopher Garcia is a native of East Los Angeles, who attended
the California Institute of the Arts in 1979 and continues to compose,
improvise, concertize, lecture, and share his personal experiences with indigenous music, instruments, culture, and culture bearers, and
history of Mesoamerica at universities and concert halls worldwide along
with the physiological effects of music, rhythm, and drumming which continue to be validated daily through neuroscience, confirming the information left to us by the ancients....."
OTIS ARTS INSTITUTE 

"We continue to commemorate our ancestors, this time, in a special way with a concert by Christopher García, a multifaceted musician who visits the Botanical Garden to awaken our senses with ancestral musical instruments...."
JARDIN BOTANICO
CHARCO DEL INGENIO
SAN MGUEL DE ALLENDE, MX

"While he has devoted much of his life to learning indigenous music Garcia also revels in playing the new and unexpected…..Garcia's musical vocabulary not only spans centuries and cultures it's  also spontaneous."
DEUTSCHE WELLE
GERMANYS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTER 
 
"Garcia's compositions reflect a lifelong pursuit to put himself in the most creative musical situations possible with percussion and breath instruments he has learned along with performance practices, musical vernaculars, sounds and music which he has been immersed in since 1979 to the present.  Gleaned thru rehearsals, performances, compositions and research, and sitting across from learning and/or playing alongside great musicians from various musical cultures
 (he has over 1200 performance in 29 countries on 5 continents).
His music resonates organically, and never seems contrived or slapped together as he draws from the rich color of sounds at his disposal, and where and how he chooses to place the silences within and around his compositions and performances.  His music has a rhythmic complexity that propels and co exists with memorable melodies that tie the pieces together - combining and extending traditions his is a unique voice in the tradition of composer/performer/improviser with instruments not generally associated with the instruments of the western "classical world". A sonic peyote trip............."
LATINO LA 


NON MUSICAL NOTES ON THE NOTES
resonanciamusic.weebly.com/non-musical-notes-on-the-notes.html

MUSIC IS/AS RITUAL
resonanciamusic.weebly.com/music-isas-ritual.html

FLOWER SONGS MUSIC SITE
AKA
XOCHI CUICATL MUSIC SITE
flowersongsmusic.weebly.com

XOCHI CUICATL
performing
MAYAN CHILDREN's SONG LIVE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Y-bMTtL8I

INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENTS SITE
WITH PICS, HISTORY AND YOUTUBES
indigenousinstrumentsofmexicomesoamerica.weebly.com

INDIGENOUS YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
with over 155,000 visitors as of 2/8/23
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-IOJRKz33lWiXF8h1pwCDa0mRsgmfk0a

Garcia continues to be invited to 47 states,
and 28 countries,
on 5 continents
MAKING MUSIC with instruments few have ever heard
or heard of
either as a multi instrumentalist or performer/composer


WORLDWIDE PRESS

DRUMSET or MARIMBA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/drumsetmarimba.html

PERCUSSION OF NORTH AND SOUTH INDIA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/percussion-of-india.html

INDIGENOUS BREATH, STRING AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS OF MESOAMERICA
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/percussion-of-meso-america.html

EL MONSTRO/PERCUSSION
An amalgamation of finger, stick, hand, and mallet percussion and voice
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/el-monstro-percussion.html

COMPOSTIONS
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/compositions-reviews.html

PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES WITH
christophergarciamusic.weebly.com/previous-performances.html

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Christopher Garcia Music Projects East Los Angeles, California

Garcia is a
composer/multi instrumentalistr/improviser/educator with hundreds of performances in 28 countries on 5 continents with various ensembles, and multi-media extravaganzas. He continues to play with a literal who's who of musicians from various continents and his YOUTUBES on MesoAmerican instruments has over 120,000 visitors and his site continues to average 2000 monthly visitors. ... more

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