Sócrates García
Composer, arranger, producer, recording engineer, bandleader, guitarist, and educator. He currently is an Associate Professor of Music and Director of Music Technology at the prestigious Jazz Studies Program of the University of Northern Colorado.
As an arranger/producer and recording engineer, his work is found on numerous albums and a myriad of side-projects. Dr. Garcia’s recording and performing credits include the Grammy-winning album Yo Por Ti by Olga Tañon; Milly Quezada’s Tesoros de mi Tierra (14 on Billboard’s Tropical Song charts); and national and international performances with the Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra, among others. As a touring musician and guitarist/keyboardist, he has performed in many Latin-American countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Aruba, and the Dominican Republic. Dr. García has presented clinics and workshops on music technology and/or jazz composition/arranging, nationally and internationally.
His latest album, Back Home (MAMA Records), performed by the Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra, is a symbiotic combination of Afro-Dominican and Afro-Caribbean genres within the aesthetic of contemporary orchestral jazz. An award-winning album, it has received numerous accolades from critics and jazz fans alike, both nationally and internationally. Dr. García is a Strandberg Guitars artist, featured artist for Warm Audio, and a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) in both the Grammys and the Latin Grammys.