Quinteto Latino

Quinteto Latino is a wind quintet specializing in the interpretation of Latin American classical music. Since the group’s inception, the quintet has been dedicated to performing with world-class artistry in communities not traditionally served by classical musicians.

By championing young and lesser-known composers of Latin American and Caribbean heritage, Quinteto Latino seeks to expand the boundaries of classical music, reach new audiences, and inspire new generations of players.

Quinteto Latino has participated in the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music Program many times, bringing their engaging educational work to every public elementary school in San Francisco. Through an affiliation with Young Audiences of Northern California, they continue to perform in schools from Sacramento to San Jose.

View an article and video clip of a Quinteto Latino school performance.

Quinteto Latino’s debut CD was released in 2011, “Cien Años de Música Mexicana para Quinteto de Alientos/100 Years of Mexican Music for Wind Quintet.” In October 2013, QL hosted a Festival of Latin American Chamber Music, which involved concerts; community events in four San Francisco Bay Area cities where over 100 students and 17 professional chamber musicians, composers and musicologists participated. The quintet has performed all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area as well as in New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland and Connecticut. In January, 2018, QL was a featured showcase ensemble at the Chamber Music America’s annual conference. In 2019 the quintet looks forward to premiering a new work by Latina composer Gabriela Lena Frank.

For rates, repertoire and booking, please visit our website:
www.quintetolatino.org
650.365.2983 | info@quintetolatino.org

Check us out on YouTube.

Exploring pre-Columbian traditional flutes with Chris Garcia.

Teaching

With over twenty years of teaching experience and two degrees in flute performance, I am a highly-qualified instructor. I teach students of all ages and levels – small children, teenagers, adults.

I teach the fife-a small, inexpensive instrument that is perfect for children’s small hands-a great instrument for little beginners as young as six.

For children as young as four, I offer recorder lessons. These are individual lessons designed for one student accompanied by a parent who learns along with the child. Lessons proceed at the child’s pace and incorporate singing, drawing and listening to music.

My students learn solid flute technique and basic music theory while having fun learning to play the music they like, whether its the classical repertoire, popular favorites or contemporary extended technique. Students also get the chance to meet and perform with other flutists, both in my studio and through events that I host in the community, such as student recitals and flute caroling during the holiday season. My students have been accepted to competitive high school and university level music programs including San Francisco’s School of the Arts and San Francisco State University as well as the Oakland Youth Orchestra. I teach in my Noe Valley studio, at the Hamlin School and for the Community Music Center. I’ve also coached the flute sections of the San Jose Youth Symphony and the Young People’s Symphony Orchestra.

I’ve performed for thousands of students in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area under the auspices of the San Francisco Symphony’s AIM program and Young Audiences.

Flute Caroling

I offer my students opportunities to show the world what they have worked so hard to achieve by organizing occasional recitals and holiday flute caroling.