This page represents articles.
For books authored, click here.
He has also authored a chapter within Rehearsing The Jazz Band and The Jazzer’s Cookbook (published by Meredith Music) and contributed to Peter Erskine and Dave Black’s The Musician's Lifeline (Alfred).
To hear an audio intervew with García about jazz and civil rights, click here. Find an accompanying PDF handout here.
To read an article written about Antonio García, click here.
To see an extended interview with Antonio García, click here. Thanks to my colleagues Dick Dunscomb and Bob Dingley of Jazz Zone Together.Previous editions of Antonio García's periodic E-Newsletter can be found on the Downloads page. To subscribe, e-mail him.)
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"I really enjoyed
your "Dear Jazzy" column in the July 2008 ITA Journal. I have always
had a challenge with really appreciating jazz, despite lots of jazz performance
in high school and college. (I consider myself more of a classical player/listener.)
However, your well-written article made me quite excited to get back to
playing and listening to good music in all genres. I am currently in Iraq;
but when I get home, I look forward to pulling out my horn! Clear, concise,
and well-written. Thanks for inspiring writing!" |
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"Congrats on the nice
article in the ITA Journal. I think it did well to represent both
'sides' and came off very positively. Thanks for including me." |
"Finally had
a chance to read the article. Well done!"
Ed Neumeister, Trombonist, Composer, Bandleader |
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"Antonio García's
excellent article Thematic Dissonance offers several very basic
approaches to melodic chromaticism." |
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"Thank you for your
MENC Music Educators Journal article, 'Fine-Tuning Your Ensemble's
Jazz Style.' You covered so many basic problems and mentioned so many
artists' styles." |
"Hopefully, your
'Fine-Tuning' article will be widely read. I hope, too, that it will be
read by those outside of the jazz education area. A great deal of what
you had to say is applicable to all performing organizations. Particularly
impressive to me were your comments about listening and tuning."
John Kinnison, then-Executive Director, Illinois Music Educators Association |
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"I really enjoyed
your "Dear Jazzy" column in the July 2008 ITA Journal. I have always
had a challenge with really appreciating jazz, despite lots of jazz performance
in high school and college. (I consider myself more of a classical player/listener..
However, your well-written article made me quite excited to get back to
playing and listening to good music in all genres. I am currently in Iraq;
but when I get home, I look forward to pulling out my horn! Clear, concise,
and well-written. Thanks for inspiring writing!" |
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"Antonio García,
a frequent adjudicator in both the Rosolino and Winding [jazz trombone]
competitions, has written an excellent article [Preparing ITA Jazz
Competition Entries] on this same subject.... While his comments
are designed for the jazz player, there are many valuable parallels
for the classical player as well." |
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"Your interview
with Wynton Marsalis was one of the most truthful, informative, and well-written
interviews ever published." |
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"I am writing on
behalf of Andrew Surmani, Vice-President of Marketing for Alfred Publishing,
to thank you for your recent article on Copyright Law in the November
issue of Band and Orchestra magazine. It is wonderful to see the
industry as a whole being proactive in educating the public on this matter." |
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"Your article about
New Orleans is breathtaking, heartbreaking and hope-making. So deep. I
have a mailing list of friends who are specifically concerned with helping
NOLA. Do you have an electronic version of it and if so, would you mind
sending it to me so I can share it?" |
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"We encourage you
to call this article ["Music Education: A Necessity"] to the attention
of your school board and superintendent. Use it as positive reinforcement
for your program's supporters—and as a constructive argument engaging
those who would downsize or eliminate your program." |
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"Is music part of
your schools' curriculum? After you read the evidence assembled by Antonio
García in 'Music Education: A Necessity' on page 12 of this issue,
you may be tempted to take up an instrument yourself." |
"I just got my copy of the May-June
issue of the Illinois Association of School Boards Journal. What
a great service you have done for music education in your wonderful
cover article. I'm going to ask for 25 copies so that every member of
the IMEA Board of Directors can have one. Thanks for this tremendous
contribution to our advocacy efforts!" |
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"['CEOs Advocate...']
shows the extent of support we have for music education |