John-Carlos Perea

Dr. John-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, German, Chicano) is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, at San Francisco State University. He received his BA (2000) in Music from San Francisco State University and his MA and Ph.D. (2005/2009) in Music from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include contemporary urban American Indian musical cultures, powwow music and dance, New Age music, and the music of...See more

Dr. John-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, German, Chicano) is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, at San Francisco State University. He received his BA (2000) in Music from San Francisco State University and his MA and Ph.D. (2005/2009) in Music from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include contemporary urban American Indian musical cultures, powwow music and dance, New Age music, and the music of saxophonist Jim Pepper. Perea has recorded on sixteen albums and, in 2007, he won a Grammy (Best New Age Album [Vocal or Instrumental]) as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for pow-wow and cedar flute songs contributed to Crestone (Living Music, 2007). See less