ABOUT FERNANDO ORTEGA

Fernando Ortega is a singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and
storyteller. Trained as a classical pianist and inspired by the
Presbyterian hymns of his childhood, Ortega has been influential in
expanding the range of Christian music. He has devoted considerable
attention to creating arrangements of early church music and hymns,
infusing them with instrumental and vocal character drawn from
classical, folk, and world music. His songs and writing often conjure the
expansive landscape of the Southwestern United States.

Ortega makes his home in New Mexico, where his ancestors first settled
in the early 1600s. Over a rich and varied musical career, he has
released 22 records and a book of his bird photography and tales, has
traveled around the world as a touring artist, and has received many
accolades and awards for his music. He is happiest at home, however,
raising his spectacular daughter Ruby, working in the garden, and
photographing birds