Sebastian Cruz

UWT Musician: Sebastian Cruz

Email Address

Sebastian at UnitedWeTab.com

Private Instruction

I love teaching guitar and bass

Location

New York, NY

Home Town

Sebastian was born in Cali, Colombia and currently lives in New York, NY

Instruments Played

Guitar, Bass

Favorite Playing Style

World, Jazz, Rock

Favorite Artists

Dave Tronzo, Marc Ribot, Caetano veloso, Latin playboys, los Lobos, Erik Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bola de Nieve, Mahler, The Cure, Lucho Bermudez, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Los Gaiteros de San jacinto, La Cumbia Soledenha, Socavon...

Training

MA Manhattan School of Music BFA City College of New York

Musician Bio

Sebastian is a guitarist, songwriter, composer, arranger and educator. In his original projects he often includes musical elements from his Colombian roots rubbing against elements of urban New York City life: multi-cultural mesh, recycling, discarding, minor epiphanies, major cacophonies and modern jazz and other languages. His main personal projects are Coba (songwriting project) and The Cheap Landscape Trio (instrumental) with which he has released three acclaimed CDs.

Sebastian has performed in several beautiful and exciting venues, as well as sketchy and random locations throughout the U.S., Europe and Colombia. Some of the beautiful venues include the Mozart-Saal from Vienna's Kozerthaus, Joe's Pub, BAM Cafe, Symphony Space, Summer Stage-Central Park in New York, A-Trane in Berlin, among many others.

Sebastian has a Masters degree in Jazz Guitar performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and a BFA in Jazz Guitar Performance from the City College of New York.

As a dedicated educator he has taught Colombian music performance at Columbia University, teaches private lessons, is a teacher at the Brooklyn Guitar School, and teaches for LEAP, an organization that offers arts based programs to enhance core curriculum throughout New York City's Public Schools.

Other Musical Projects

www.sebastiancruznotes.com