Orlando Jacinto Garcia is a Cuban-American composer of contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...

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He received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

 in 1985. He studied composition with Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...

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Garcia has composed over 120 works, and his music has been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. His music has been recorded by the New Albion

New Albion

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, CRI

CRI

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, New World

New World Records

New World Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in American music. The label was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to produce a 100 disc anthology covering 200 years of American music....

, O.O. Discs, North/South

North/South Consonance Ensemble

The North/South Consonance Ensemble is an American chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music from the Americas. It was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City...

, Albany

Albany Records

Albany Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music. It was established by Peter Kermani in 1987, and is based in Albany, New York.-External links:**...

, Edición Sonora, Opus One, Contemporary Recording Studios (CRS), and Capstone

Capstone Records

Capstone Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music. It was established by Richard Brooks in 1986, and was based in Brooklyn, New York...

 labels. His scores are published by Kallisti Music Press, the American Composers Alliance

American Composers Alliance

The American Composers Alliance is an American membership organization dedicated to the publishing and promoting of American contemporary classical music. Founded in 1937 by Aaron Copland, Milton Adolphus and others, it is the oldest national organization of its kind, and represents over 200...

, BHE, and North/South Editions.

His music has been performed by Joan La Barbara

Joan La Barbara

Joan La Barbara is an American vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright...

, Bertram Turetzky

Bertram Turetzky

Bertram Turetzky is a contemporary American double bass soloist, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass , a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental...

, Jan Williams, Joseph Celli

Joseph Celli

Joseph Celli is an American musician and composer specializing in contemporary and improvised music for oboe and English horn...

, Odaline de la Martinez

Odaline de la Martinez

Odaline de la Martinez is a Cuban-American composer and conductor, currently residing in the UK. She is the artistic director of , a London-based contemporary music ensemble which she co-founded in 1976 with New Zealander flautist , and was the first woman to conduct at the BBC Promenade Concerts ...

 and the Gregg Smith Singers

Gregg Smith Singers

The Gregg Smith Singers is a mixed chorus from the United States, directed by Gregg Smith . The group, which comprises 16 singers, was founded at an all-Japanese Methodist church in West Los Angeles, California in 1955, while Smith was studying for his master's degree in music at the University of...

, as well as many orchestras in the Americas and Europe.

Garcia serves as Director of the School of Music, Director of the Composition Program, and professor of music at Florida International University

Florida International University

Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...

 in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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. He has received grants from the Rockefeller and Fulbright foundations, and is a two-time winner of the Cintas Foundation Fellowship (1994-95 and 1999-2000). In 2001 he won the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano , who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995...

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External links

• Orlando Jacinto Garcia official site
• Orlando Jacinto Garcia faculty page from Florida International University School of Music site