Juan Garcia-Herreros

Infobox musical artist
Name = Juan Garcia-Herreros

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Birth_name = Juan Sebastian Garcia-Herreros
Alias = Snow Owl
Born = July 1 1977
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Origin = flagicon|Colombia Bogota, Colombia
Instrument = Contrabass Electric Guitar
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Genre = Electroacoustical Jazz
Occupation = Bassist, Composer
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Label = Home Productions, Quinton, Material, Pan Tau X
Associated_acts = Snow Owl, Alejandra Torres , Alegre Correa Group
URL = [http://www.the-snow-owl.com Official Site]
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Juan Garcia-Herreros, also known as "The Snow Owl", is a native born Colombian Bassist & Composer.

History

Juan Garcia-Herreros was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His first musical studies began with Flute at the age 9 after moving to New york City with his family. Once he completed middle school his family relocated once again to Dunedin, Florida where he discovered the electric bass. Due to the fact that his family was unable to afford private lessons his passion for learning fueled him to become a self-taught musician. Juan was just 16 when he began to teach Music Theory and Jazz Performance at Dunedin High School in Florida. His highschool band teacher recognized his young talent and encouraged him to also study acoustic bass so that he could be a part of the symphonic band in school. After spending many dedicated hours playing both acoustic and electric bass, he auditioned and became proficient enough to perform with the Tampa Bay Symphony at just 17 years of age.

At the same time Juan competed in New Orleans for a slot in Berklee College of Music's Scholarship tour and received a coveted scholarship to attend the school in Boston.

He studied at Berklee with bass instructors Bruce Gertz, Joe Santerre, Rich Appleman and Oscar Stagnaro.

At age 21, he returned to New York City to pursue a professional music career. While in New York, Juan developed the ability to meet the demands of multiple styles. Whether the musical genre is Jazz, Pop, Funk, Salsa, straight-ahead Rock, Modern, Classical, Heavy metal, or Avante Garde.

At age 26, he moved to Vienna, Austria where he currently resides.

At age 30 , he was selected by a jury to become part of the faculty for the Jazz Institute of the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz. He is the first Colombian to be honored with such an academic position in Austria.

Performances & Collaborations

During his career, Juan has performed/collaborated with:

* Grammy Award recipients Victor Wooten, Harvie S, Producer Georg Luksch, Elton John and The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
* Drummers Jojo Mayer ,Terri Lyne Carrington , Thomas Lang and Antonio Sanchez
* Alto saxophonists James Spaulding, Miguel Zenon, Yosveny Terry, Anton Denner, Klaus Dickbauer, Wolfgang Puschnig and Greg Osby
* Singers Sandra Pires, Turkish Pop Stars Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan and Brasilian singer Ana Paula da Silva
* ECM recording artist José Maria Saluzzi; Latin Jazz Piano legends Hector Martignon and Oscar Hernandez
* Latin Jazz Percussionists Horacio Hernandez , Jorge Bezerra, Master Timbalero "Chino" Nuñes, Roberto Quintero and Bobby Sanabria
* Jazz / Funk guitarists Mark Whitfield, Alegre Correa
* Modern Jazz Pianists Bill Carrothers, Paul Urbanek and Edward Simon.
* He has also performed and toured with RMM recording artists Michael Stuart and Johnny Rivera.

As a composer his original compositions have been featured in the off-Broadway production of "Anatomy of a Knucklehead."

Since 2005 Juan has performed at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California as well as two solo bass concerts at the 2006 Frankfurt Musikmesse.

He has taught Bass workshops and Masterclasses internationally.

Awards & Recognitions

In 2006 Snow Owl received the Best Jazz Artist award by Jazz First, a cooperation between Jazzeit Magazine, Quinton Records and Erste BankFact|date=June 2008.

His Debut album as a leader was selected as Critic's Choice in Germany by Bayerischer Rundfunk in 2006.

2008 Hans Koller Preis CD of the Year for Martin Reiter's "ALMA". The CD features Juan Garcia-Herreros on "Pra Frederic".

Current Projects

* Snow Owl
* Double Bass with Harvie S
* Alejandra Torres
* Sabri Tulug Tirpan
* Duets With Klaus Dickbauer
* The Alegre Corrêa Group
* Extravaganza - with Conrad Schrenk and Thomas Lang

Discography

* Snow Owl
* Tres Caminos
* My Green Color
* Alma
* Shades of Light Trio
* Yolun Yarisi
* Laçador

External links

* [http://www.the-snow-owl.com "Official website"]
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