gal*in_dog aka guillermo galindo's artistic work spans a wide spectrum of expression from symphonic composition to the domains of musical + visual computer interaction, electro-acoustic music, opera, film music, instrument building, three dimensional installation, live performance, improvisation + sound design. his music has been performed + shown at major festivals + art exhibits throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, + Asia.

galindo’s orchestral works include two symphonies: Ome Acatl premiered in Mexico City (1997) + Trade Routes for orchestra, with text by devorah major commissioned + premiered on 2005 by the Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra + Chorus.

in the field of opera galindo has written two major works: Califas 2000 with text + performance art by Guillermo Gomez Peña; + Decreation/Fight Cherries with libretto by Anne Carson.

many years a member of Pocha Nostra, bay area based international performance art group, + a resident composer for the Unbound Spirit AADP Dance Company (1992 to 2004), galindo’s most recent work explores the fields of performance art, music + sound archetypes, ritual, live audience interaction, the creation of cyber-totemic sonic objects + site specific sonic environments.

galindo’s chamber + solo electro-acoustic works include: “Haiku II” * (2003) (for flute + recorded ambience) with text by Michael McClure which opened the first series of Latin American experimental music in the US at the The Roy + Edna Disney/CalArts Redcat Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles California + was chosen among 150 compositions of all over the world to be performed at the World Music Days at the Miami ISCM Chapter (2006) + Post Colonial Dicontinuum (2006) for chamber orchestra + his “cybertotemic®” sonic object MAIZ, commissioned by the Earplay Ensemble + premiered at the Herbst Theater + during the inauguration activities of the new DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, California.

galindo’s work on audience interactivity, three dimensional installation, sound spatialization + acousmatics includes; Transmission Series, a series of pieces focused on the transmission of culture through the information media of sound + radio in collaboration with composer Chris Brown; Glance, an interactive sound + video installation in collaboration with Gustavo Vazquez commissioned by the ISEA/Zero One international science + art festival; + DIVOX a multi channel audio piece installation written for the Oasis Sonoro project which included twelve 2 hour pieces to be played 24/7 at the Bellas Artes concert hall esplanade in Mexico City.

galindo currently teaches sound, electronic music + composition at the California College of Arts in San Francisco California.

some awards granted to guillermo galindo include: City of Oakland Cultural Grants 08, ISEA Zero/One GLANCE installation commission, 2006, Meet the Composer EarplayEnsemble commissioning grant 2005, Sistema Nacional de Creadores Composition Grant, Mexico City 2005-2008, Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestral Commission “Words + Music Project” Oakland, CA, 2004; Creative Work FundMedia Arts Grant, San Francisco, CA 2003; California Arts Council Composers Fellowship 2000; American Composers Forum Continental Harmony Grant 1999; Residency for Composition at the Bannff Center for the Arts, Canada 1999; the ASCAP Special Awards 1995-08. Performances of Galindo’s pieces have funded by the Clarence E, Heller + James Irvine Foundation.

alyssa lee + gal*in_dog co-curate, produce, + direct the POW! POW! ACTION art festival.

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