Education
He also studied composition with Morton Feldman.
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Orlando Garcia
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Career
Garcia received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami in 1985. Garcia serves as director of the School of Music, director of the Composition Program, and professor of music at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He is a renowned guest composer and lecturer at national and international festivals.
Achievements
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Garcia is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from organizations and cultural institutions, including the Nuevas Resonancias, American Car and Foundry Sonic Circuits, Bloch International Competition, and fellowships, residencies, and other awards from the Rockefeller, Fulbright, Dutka, and Cintas Foundation (1994/95 and 1999/2000), as well as the State of Florida Council for the Arts. He has received grants from the Rockefeller and Fulbright foundations, and is a two-time winner of the Cintas Foundation Fellowship. In 2001 he won the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award.
