Education



Performance Experience






















Composition
Experience

Sebastián Cruz,
Guitarrist, composer.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music, June 2004
City College of New York, NYC
Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Musical direction, guitar, arrangements and composition for coba. First CD released August 2003. Second CD ‘Canción Mandala'released November 2006.

Guitar, arrangements for Lucía Pulido's ‘Clásicos del Despecho.' released ‘Dolor de Ausencia' licensed in Colombia and Ecuador through FM records, independently distributed in the US.

Musical direction, arrangements and guitar for Lucía Pulido's ‘Palenque.' Debut recording to be released in 2007.

Guitar, arrangements and compositions for La ‘Cumbiamba Eneyé.' Released “Marioneta” on Chonta Records in 2006.

Performance venues include Central Park's Summer Stage, Symphony Space, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Princeton University, Joe's Pub, Nell's, Arka Lounge, Knitting Factory, Galapagos art space, Here Arts Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center.

theater:
2006 - The Executioner , writer Jon Kern, Director Pedro Salazar

2005 - The Seagull , writer Anton Chekhov, director Pedro Salazar

2005 - The Flight of Kings , writer Anton Dudley, director Javier Gutiérrez,
residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center

2004 - Rashomon , adapted and directed by Javier Gutiérrez

2002 - La Balada de la Pobre Sofía . Song for a scene in Bertold Brecht's Baal,
director and lyricist Javier Gutiérrez, awarded an ASCAP Louis Dreyfus / Warner-
Chappell in 2002.

film:
2006 - Buscando a Miguel , feature film written and directed by Juan Fischer

2005 - Legally Blind , documentary by Ingrid Rojas. Aired on PBS

2005 - 2AM (two around the mountain), three-dimentional animantion by Luis
Cantillo and Lina Dorado

2004 - Pack, Strap, Swallow. End credits music. Documentary for Sundance Channel
by Holly Page Joyner


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Audio Samples

Buscando a Miguel - 2006
El Sol de Adentro
Sacred Blue Dress
Balineras
Cadenita de Oro (Song)

Pack, Strap, Swallow - 2004
From a Land with no Seasons

Legally Blind - 2005
Intro music
Summer 2004
Amor Ciego

Rashomon - 2004
The Woman

The Flight of Kings - 2005
Cuzco air
2nd dream
Football rain

For a scene in Bertold Brecht's Baal - 2002
La Balada de la Pobre Sofía