(Mon) October 13, 2025, 5:00pm
Join guest artists Christopher and Alegria Garcia and Yolanda Delgado Garcia for a demonstration and lecture of indigenous instruments, musical practices, culture, and archaeological digs of Mesoamerica.
Gallery Exhibit Reception
Monday, October 13
5:00 p.m. in AC1 Art Gallery
Concert
Monday, October 13
6:00 p.m. in AC1-150
Guest Artist Presentation
Tuesday, October 14
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. in AC1-150
Christopher Garcia is "a musical polyglot" with concerts in 28 countries on 5 continents. Some know of his work as either a drummer/marimbaist, a percussionist of the North or South Indian percussion, a multi-instrumentalist who also plays breath, percussion, and string instruments of Mesoamerica, or his work with Frank Zappa.
“The father and daughter duo of Christopher and Alegria Garcia presented one of the most engaging, thought provoking, and informative lecture-demonstrations we’ve had at CalArts in some time. Deeply knowledgeable and extremely passionate, the Garcia’s presented a two-hour journey into Meso-American Music that not only showed tremendous scope and depth of knowledge but created intrigue and curiosity, posing many questions still to be answered. As much as their class was a journey to another time, place, and culture, it was equally reflective/introspective, made highly personal to everyone in attendance by the masterful teaching style, fantastic anecdotes and storytelling, and soulful performances.”
— Randy Gloss - Drummer/Percussionist/Composer/Educator, Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts
