Karla Avila performs with pianists Christopher Basso and Keisuke Nakagoshi, cellist Samsun Van Loon, Bassist Jacob Johnson, violinists Alisa Rose and Daniel Jang, violist Kate Weeks, oboist Meave Cox, members of Ensemble Mik Nawooj: Jeremiah Bills (flute), Ken Lin (violin), Samsun Van Loon (cello), Rob Woodcock (bass), Valentino Pellizzer (drums), JooWan Kim (piano/composer), and Kirby Dominant (MC); Nothingset Ensemble, Avenue Winds, Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, Ensemble Parallele, a wide variety of chamber music, progressive and collaborative projects, and various orchestras in the Bay Area.
Influences
Classical. Jazz. Rock. Hip Hop. Folk. Everything under the sun. dave breeden. harold wright. robert marcellus. daniel bonade. ricardo morales. sabine meyer. brahms. prokofiev. shostakovich. radiohead. tori amos. gillian welch. john adams. steve reich. primus. mendelssohn. bartok. bowie. dylan. pink floyd. tool. nin. gnr. nirvana. bjork. tom waits. miles. coltrane. james brown. tony williams. wayne shorter. bela fleck. dave. monk. bird. bill evans. ella. mingus. benny goodman. beck. billie holiday. artie shaw. the dead. pearl jam. beethoven. stravinsky. tchaikovsky. led zeppelin. berlioz. debussy. dexter gordon. kenny dorham. mmw. ladysmith black mambazo. pedro infante. vicente fernandez. the beatles. johnny cash. hank williams. merle haggard. loretta lynn. willie nelson. neil young. the smiths. the ramones. dead kennedys. rage. yes. rush. queen. rolling stones. king crimson. outkast. beastie boys. phish. audioslave. norah jones. oogog. edmund welles. machine green. liquid cheese. the police. bob marley. gustav mahler. miklos rozsa. rachmaninoff. katchiturian. j.s. bach.
An emerging talent in the San Francisco Bay Area, Karla Avila performs in a variety of musical venues and genres. Her formal musical training includes a M.M. in Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2003) and a B.M. from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas (2000) where she studied clarinet, saxophone, voice, and piano.
The scope of her musical talent encompasses being a professional clarinet/saxophonist, both classical and non-classical, and a multitude of collaborative projects on vocals and/or woodwinds in styles of music ranging from progressive rock to fusion to hip hop. Her extensive classical training, both instrumental and vocal, coupled with her passion for the progressive melding of musical genres has allowed her to explore many avenues of music performance and creation.
Karla Avila performs with various orchestras and contemporary music ensembles in the Bay Area including the Monterey, Marin, Fresno and Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Repertory Orchestra, Berkeley Contemporary Music Players and Ensemble Parallèle. In 2005 Ms. Avila recorded the soundtrack by David Conte and Todd Boekelheide to the Zeitgeist film Ballet Russes at George Lucas Skywalker Ranch, which showed at both the Sundance and Toronto film festivals and opened in theaters nationwide to critical acclaim. She also recently recorded the filmscore to Orozco: Man of Fire, a documentary to be aired on PBS in 2006. She has played woodwinds and sung lead vocals in the bands Floor and Nobodys Mother and currently plays in the dynamic and progressive hip hop project Ensemble Mik Nawooj.
Karla is passionate about putting new music out there. She enjoys collaborating with composers and performing new works of all styles. MUSIC HAS NO BOUNDARIES!
Visit www.karlaavila.com to learn more!
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Gracias por agregarme. Precioso e intenso tu sonido de clarinete y mucha sensibilidad para la música que interpretas. Enhorabuena por todo y te deseo los mayores éxitos como músico. Encima, bella dama. Un beso desde Bilbao. Juanje, flutist
whats up? i wanted to show this site to everyone its really cool...it tells you if anyone we go to school with has a crush on you, i was really suprised by some of the people who it said like me.
i had a great time with you too! thanks again for the glass of wine. ;)sorry i couldn't come to your performance on saturday. i was running around getting ready for berlin. wish you were still here! can you send me your email address so i can send you the pics? mine is ldhuff@gmail.com...think you said that already, but thought i should send it in case. :) hope everything is good!!!!
dang karla...hope you somehow get to check your myspace today cause it's my birthday and you should come out in sbg tonite!!!! :) if you get this and can get to a payphone or something, you can call me at 068110746895 (my cell now) hope you are having fun!!!!
hahaha...just left you a long, lame message on your cell phone...wanted to see if you are in sbg yet!!!! i will be here for a year, hopefully, so i am here. i gave you the cell number on the message, but you can also of course myspace me!!! that's probably easier. i dunno if you want to use your phone here very much or if you have a local one. anyway, hope to see you sometime soon!!!!! :)
