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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,[1] [1980-2020], hosts the KPFK weekly radio program "Global Village",[2] is founder of MicroFest (1997—), and founder of MicroFest Records.
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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.
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In 2015, he published a revised and enlarged edition of his book The Contemporary Guitar, which first appeared in 1985.[3]
- ^ "Faculty". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "Radio Program: Global Village, Thursdays with John Schneider". Kpfk.org. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Rowman & Littlefield". Rowman.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.