ABOUT GARY SCHWANTES

Based in San Francisco, CA, USA, Gary Schwantes is founder and Artistic Director of Ultra world X-Tet, and produced the group's albums Wise Dreams and Fables of the Sky, Moon and Legend , and  Night Market which feature his sax, bamboo flute and guitar work as well as many  of his compositions . He has toured, recorded and produced 3 albums (Threedom, 4,  Moose Lodge Sessions) with the North Carolina based jazz-funk trio Hip Bones which feature his sax and bamboo flute work and many of his compositions. He has performed with  SF based  Klezmania!, and played on the Sanctuary Grooves album. Other gigs include  sax and flute work with Melody of China, Pam Tillis, Swapan Chaudhuri, Weishan Liu, Lou Harrison,  Zeke Nealy and Veve Vodou, Allen Ginsberg, John Cipolina,  Hank Ballard, and many more. He  co-composed the Dynasties album with Gang Situ, and played on Metal Guitarist Jason Becker's Perspective. He has composed music and done sound design for many organizations including Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, Mickey Hart's Planet Drum, Craig Baldwin, Dimensions Dance Theater, ACT, and S.F. Legion of Honor Museum. He has received commissions and grants from Meet the Composer, ACT, S.F. Legion of Honor Museum, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Opera Piccola and Chinese Cultural Productions and studied composition at Mills College with Lou Harrison and Anthony Braxton.

Recordings

Selected Concert DVD releases featuring Gary Schwantes
Ultra World X-tet-Night Market (Giespro)

Music releases CD/Vinyl/Download with Performances
and/or Compositions by Gary Schwantes
Hip Bones-The Moose Lodge Sessions (Groosion)
Ultra World X-tet-Moon and Legend (Giespro)
Klezmania!-Sanctuary Grooves (Benny B.Music)
Intsruments of Peace (Groosian}
Hip Bones- "4" (Groosion)
Hip Bones-Threedom (Groosion )
Vince Littleton-Hall of Sound
Jason Becker-Perpective (Warner Bros.)
Gary Ramal Malkin-Graceful Passages (Companion Arts)
Gary Schwantes and Gang Situ-Dynasties (Global Echoes)
The Invertebrates-Garagezilla (Spineless)
The Invertebrates-Rubber Soul Train (Spineless)
Michael Stillwater-Rocked in the Cradle (Inner Harmony)
Dennis Hysom- Ocean Planet (Discovery Channel)
Dennis Hysom- Badlands (The Nature Company)
Dennis Hysom-Caribbean (The Nature Company)
Dennis Hysom-Bayou (The Nature Company)
Opera Piccola-Into the Eye of Magic (Opera Piccola)
Olmsted-Schwantes -Leukemian (We Magazine vol. 11)
Rhythm Riot-Rhythm Riot (Griot)
The Job-Live at Le Disque (Jump)
The Job-No More Noise (Aiwaz)

Hypnotherapy Audio Releases by Gary Schwantes
Target the Life You Want
Introducing the Trance Experience (Giespro)
Preparing for Important Events (Giespro)
Sleep Now (Giespro)

Selected Video and Film Soundtacks with Music by Gary Schwantes
SF Drug Court-.New Justice, New Beginnings (Education, Training)
International Rivers Network-Large Dams, False Promises (PBS)
We Do the Work -Working til it Hurts (PBS)
We Do the Work-Dying for a Job (PBS)
KRON TV-Green for Life (KRON Channel 4, SF) 
We Do the Work -.Kid Shields (PBS)
Mitchell Loch-.Bardo of Dreams (Festivals )
Legion of Honor Museum-Expressionism Installation (electronic arrangements)
Marc Olmsted-American Mutant
Access SF Channel 29-Animal Vegetable Television

Selected Interactive Media with Music by Gary Schwantes
Fisher-Price-Teen Titans (Color Pixter)
Fisher-Price-Jimmy Neutron in Space (Color Pixter)
Fisher-Price Learning Alphabet Forest (Color Pixter)
Fisher-Price-Girls Team Van
Leap Frog-Bob Saves he Porcupines (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog-Adventure Globe
Leap Frog- I Know Where My Food Goes (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog -The Birthday Surprise (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog-Once Upon a Time (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog- Leap Tries Again (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog-A Tad Too Much (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog- Leap's Friends from A-Z (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog -Pooh Gets Stuck (Leap Pad)
Leap Frog-Mother Goose Song Book (Leap Pad)
Fujitsu Interactive-Bio Punx (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Amazing Writing Machine (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Write, Camera Action (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Treehouse CD ROM (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Presswriter (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Company Logo (All Active Mind CD ROM Products)

Selected Interactive Media with Performances by Gary Schwantes
Broderbund- Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Where in the USA is Carmen San Diego (CD ROM)
Broderbund- Press Writer (CD ROM)
Living Books-Dr Seuss's ABC (CD ROM)
Mattel-Prince of Persia 3D (CD ROM)
Red Orb-War Breeds (CD ROM)

Selected Interactive Media with Sound Design by Gary Schwantes
Broderbund- Kid Pix Studio (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (CD ROM)
Broderbund-Treehouse CD ROM (CD ROM)

Selected Theatrical/Dance Productions with Music by Gary Schwantes
Dimensions DanceTheater- Spirits Uplifted
Dimensions DanceTheater-Mudzimu
Opera Piccola- Into the Eye of Magic
Olmsted/Schwantes-American Mutants
Sons of Rocket Science-Dance of Suppression
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Begin From Here (with Gang Situ)
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Common Ground (with Gang Situ)
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Spring Overture (with Gang Situ)
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Dynasty Suite (with Gang Situ)
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company-Static and Dynamic (with Gang Situ)
ACT -Marco Millions (with Betty Wong)

Other Sound Design Projects
Craig Baldwin-Spectres of the Spectrum
Mickey Hart-Planet Drum Ensemble