About John Schneider
Born 1950. John Schneider is an American composer, classical guitarist, editor and music arranger.
John Schneider (born 1950) is a Grammy award-winning and 4-time Grammy nominated American classical guitarist. He performs in just intonation and various well-temperaments, 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 was a professor of music at Los Angeles Pierce College, [1980-2020], hosts the KPFK weekly radio program "Global Village", is founder of MicroFest (1997—), and founder of MicroFest Records.
He is also the founder and musical director of the PARTCH Ensemble, dedicated to the music of Harry Partch. With this ensemble, he won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium for Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances (Bridge Records, 2014). He owns two dozen copies of different instruments designed by Harry Partch as well as a collection of guitars with microtonal fretboards.
In 2015, he published a revised and enlarged edition of his book The Contemporary Guitar, which first appeared in 1985.
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Who is John Schneider?
guitarist
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John Schneider was born in 1950 in Los Angeles.
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John Schneider is a composer, classical guitarist, editor and music arranger.
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John Schneider is American.
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· DBpedia: John Schneider (guitarist)
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