John Schneider (guitarist)
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John Schneider is a classical guitar
ist. He performs in just intonation and well-temperament, including pythagorean tuning, including works by Lou Harrison
, LaMonte Young, John Cage
, and Harry Partch
. He often arranges pieces for guitar and other instruments such as harp or percussion.
Schneider is a professor of music at Los Angeles Pierce College
, hosts the KPFK
weekly radio program "Global Village", and is founder of MicroFest.
Radio Interviews
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist. He performs in just intonation and well-temperament, including pythagorean tuning, including works by Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
, LaMonte Young, John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
, and Harry Partch
Harry Partch
Harry Partch was an American composer and instrument creator. He was one of the first twentieth-century composers to work extensively and systematically with microtonal scales, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit just intonation.-Early...
. He often arranges pieces for guitar and other instruments such as harp or percussion.
Schneider is a professor of music at Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Pierce College, also known as Pierce College, Pierce, is a community college that serves more than 23,000 students in the northern Chalk Hills of Woodland Hills, a community within the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California.The college began with 70 students...
, hosts the KPFK
KPFK
KPFK is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves the Greater Los Angeles Area, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet...
weekly radio program "Global Village", and is founder of MicroFest.
External links
- John Schneider Biography (otherminds.org)
Radio Interviews
- Just Intonation (wnyc.org)
- New Sounds - Episode #3094 - With Composer/Guitarist John Schneider (wnyc.org)